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Re: Apple Computers-collector's items?



In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.960803122515.14270A-100000@crl7.crl.com>, Sam
Ismail <dastar@crl7.crl.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Aug 1996, Conrad J. Jacoby wrote:
>> BTW, which landfill did the last 10,000 Lisas go into?  I remember 
>> somewhere that they were all crushed and dumped in Colorado.  Denver, 
>> maybe? :-(
>> 
>
>Ooof!  I hate to hear about technological murder.  Oh well, at least that 
>will help drive the price up by creating a scarcity.

It doesn't seem to have done so.  This was a long time ago (some time in
the eighties) - Apple decided it wasn't worth trying to sell their
remaining stock of Lisas, so they just dumped them.

>How about my Apple ///?  (the other mid 80s apple flop)

I didn't hear about any dumping of them.  They just quietly faded away...

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