Comments on: Trip Down 16K Memory Lane http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/07/17/trip-down-16k-memory-lane/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/07/17/trip-down-16k-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-144070 Jeff Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:34:33 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/07/17/trip-down-16k-memory-lane/#comment-144070 They only produced a couple thousand for the first run, thinking the expensive computer might be pretty niche but sold 3x what they produced in just the first month. I would bet it's worth a few dollars today... just like the 1967 Corvette 427 big block 4 speed that my father told me was overpriced at $17k in 1984... that car is worth easy $75k right now. They only produced a couple thousand for the first run, thinking the expensive computer might be pretty niche but sold 3x what they produced in just the first month.

I would bet it’s worth a few dollars today… just like the 1967 Corvette 427 big block 4 speed that my father told me was overpriced at $17k in 1984… that car is worth easy $75k right now.

]]> By: Steve Shu http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/07/17/trip-down-16k-memory-lane/comment-page-1/#comment-144005 Steve Shu Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:27:48 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2007/07/17/trip-down-16k-memory-lane/#comment-144005 About 10 years ago or so I heard that the TRS-80s were worth more now mint in the box than when they came out. If you dig through some of the old HBS cases on Apple Computer, I think market share of the TRS-80 was something like 80% plus back in the days (don't quote me on the exact number, but it was very high and showed how something could really go to extinction over time). About 10 years ago or so I heard that the TRS-80s were worth more now mint in the box than when they came out.

If you dig through some of the old HBS cases on Apple Computer, I think market share of the TRS-80 was something like 80% plus back in the days (don’t quote me on the exact number, but it was very high and showed how something could really go to extinction over time).

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