[arachne] Re: End of an era for computing giant - iReport.com

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On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:


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Back around 1993 I bought in a computer store at a very special
clearance price an original IBM PC, never used, new in box, complete
with monitor, keyboard, mouse, manuals, and MS-DOS v. 2.2, everything
still in the original factory shrink-wrap.  The PC has 256 KB RAM.

I never used it.  I just put it away in storage.  I figured it might
be worth something someday as a collector's item.

Maybe a museum somewhere might want to set it up and put it on display.

I know that this PC probably cost about $3200 when it originally
shipped from IBM.  I bought it for only $10.00. It is still in the same
condition as when it originally shipped.  What a deal!

Sam Heywood


Hey, Sam
 Years from now you can take that to the Antiques Roadshow,
and find out it's worth big bucks, and since it has the
original packaging plus still shrinkwrapped, it's worth
really big bucks! I'll be watching.
Rob
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