[rescue] Widow sends Apple I to recycler - Re: Oh my...

[Toby Thain]

On 2015-05-31 1:09 PM, Chad Fernandez wrote:
> On 05/31/2015 12:07 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> How did she not know what she had? There must be an interesting back
>> story to
>> this report...
>>
>> http://bayareane.ws/1QiwrkE
>>
>
> Wow, that's a lot of money.  My guess is that she never paid too much
> attention to her husbands hobby, and simply didn't know.  Maybe it had
> been a number of years since he engaged with the computers and he didn't
> know the value.  In her grieving process she probably just wanted to be
> rid of the stuff and move on, not thinking there would be any reason to
> look back.

Right. One has to admit that an Apple I does not _look_ inherently 
valuable if you stumble on it in a basement.

At least it didn't just go to landfill.

--Toby


>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
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