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An ORIGINAL Apple-1 computer!!!! Just thought you might like to know!!!!!

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I wish my old TRS-80 was worth even a tenth or a hundredth of that.

 

My first experience with a "windows type operating system" was on an old Apple Lisa computer. Not many people have ever heard of them.

 

My first windowed experience was with the Amiga, one of the first that had color, window interface, and true multitasking. I think the Lisa came out a couple years before Amiga, but IIRC, was monochrome. Not many have likely heard of it either. Although I sold my first Amiga 1000 a long time ago, I still have my Amiga 3000.

 

Lisa, they say was named for Jobs daughter who he at first denied was his..

 

I've heard of the Lisa, but never saw one.

 

The last time I heard the going price of an original Apple, it was around $300K or thereabouts. The price has obviously gone up!

 

My first home device was a Lisa. No hard drive, a floppy. Marketed with no manual on the premise that if you could not simply switch it on and make it work, money back.

 

Yes, I worked on a black on green screen Apple Lisa.

My first computer was the Commodore64 and I learned the basics of programming with it. I used to hook it up to the HP at the University and run an interface program based on a "Frogger" program for assembly, lol.

NO KIDDING. Thanks!

 

yes

 

@antidiem LOL, I had a Commodore "Luggable". It was a portable computer, really heavy but I thought it was awesome. Can't remember what I did with it.

 

I used portable terminals in the late seventies. Dial up cradle into a host.

 

We have a museum of old computers in the attic. We have a TRS 80, a Tandy 1000 and another one - can't remember what it is. A friend of ours worked for Amiga and had one of the first ones. We also have a daisy wheel printer and a few reams of paper for it. An IBM Selectric typewriter. I also have my original KLH stereo system from 1968. Hmm. Maybe I need to check out those sale prices.

 

Amigas retain some value, but the TRS80 not so much although complete early ones can get up to 1000. Old, good quality stereo equipment though is quite sought after. The altec lansing voice of the theatre speakers in my dad's late 60's system alone are worth a couple grand, and the Macintosh receiver has value too. But it sounds so great, i can't part with it.

 

My first computer was a second-hand Superbrain in the early 1980s. Two floppy discs, one programme, the other co collect the data. The wordprocessing programme I had was Wordstar, and a friend wrote a spreadsheet programme specific for an oil and gas project service I was providing.

I had dot-matrix printer, which used to thump and rock the dinning table.

There is one on Ebay for £825. Never crossed my mind to keep it as antique; I didn't know what an antique was.

 

I'll sell you a COMMODORE 64 FOR $20....... The Cult of Apple or the Evil Empire of Microsoft, either way we loose in some way .....