I wonder what this is worth?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton_(platform)

:)

Rob

Some other fantastic stock buys of hugely popular products:

Commodore 64 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International
Hayes Modem - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_Microcomputer_Products
Pong - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari
Altair Basic - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Instrumentation_and_Telemetry_Systems
ZX80 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research
CP/M - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Research
Z80 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog

At the time of the Newton, of course, Apple was thought to be dead in
the water, too. Steve Jobs was not revered as he is today, having
been kicked out over the failures of Mac and Lisa. NeXT was a
marketing failure, too, although you are using the technology invented
by NeXT in your iPhone and iPad, and for many of you today, your Macs.

I just learned that the technology behind the iPod was invented by
some ex-Newton developers who went and formed their own company
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixo). Sun Microsystems bought Pixo in
2003. Apparently, iPods still use Pixo's operating system, not iOS.
Probably should have added Sun to the list above, since they
collapsed, too, even though they produced the dominant workstation and
server in the 80's, 90's, and part of the 00's.

So buy the stocks of hot products, and get out while they are still
hotter than when you bought them. :)

Rob

I was the proud owner of an Altair in the late '70s

Rip

Commodore 64 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International
Hayes Modem - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_Microcomputer_Products
Pong - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari
Altair Basic -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Instrumentation_and_Telemetry_Systems
ZX80 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research
CP/M - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Research
Z80 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog

Anyone ever own and use an Osborne?

Jack


> On Jan 28, 2014, at 10:53 AM, "Rip West" <ripwest@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I was the proud owner of an Altair in the late '70s
>
> Rip
>
> Commodore 64 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International
> Hayes Modem - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayes_Microcomputer_Products
> Pong - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari
> Altair Basic -
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Instrumentation_and_Telemetry_Systems
> ZX80 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Research
> CP/M - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Research
> Z80 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog
>
>

> Anyone ever own and use an Osborne?

A roommate had one. My first non-calculator computer was this built from a kit:

http://oldcomputers.net/netronics-elf.html

Rob

I never owned an Osborne, but I did own an Imsai 8080 kit
computer. In fact, I still have it in a box in my garage.
For those who don't know what it was, it came out just after
the Altair 8800, was built from a kit, was accessed via
front panel switches (and later via a dumb terminal), and
could handle up to 56K of memory. It had no operating system
(DOS didn't exist yet). Everything that could be added to it
(memory, paper tape reader, etc.) also had to be built from
a kit.

It was my first computer and I accomplished a great deal on it. The printer I used was a brother and weighed more than a Mack truck.

Jack

On Jan 28, 2014, at 4:02 PM, Rob Nagler <nagler@bivio.biz> wrote:

>> Anyone ever own and use an Osborne?
>
> A roommate had one. My first non-calculator computer was this built from a kit:
>
> http://oldcomputers.net/netronics-elf.html
>
> Rob