I have a shrinkwrapped copy of MacWrite 1.0 Posted by Howard Fore on Tuesday, August 19th, 2003. Zlog: not to sound biased, but that would kick ass :-) I like your new site design btw… Minh: that’s the great thing about this contest: everything counts! I have an old style floppy with James Bond 007, the game, on it. Posted by zlog on Friday, August 8th, 2003. Well, I know a friend who has a copy of Microsoft Bob (Gateway OEM edition, I think). Posted by Minh Nguyễn on Friday, August 8th, 2003. Keep the submissions coming - I might even add some more tasty prizes as an incentive, or I might just shorten the contest “officially” - who knows? Mike: That’s why I hold onto things that are broken (well, it’s a good excuse anyway… ok, not that good an excuse) Zlog: 1985? I’m impressed you have kept it this long (whatever it is -) Posted by Dan on Thursday, August 7th, 2003.Įmilio: Wow! You even put the photos on their own special page, I’m impressed (brownie points awarded…) If only I had known how valuable it would have been… I had an “I Brake For 8” (Mac OS 8) sticker for the longest time until about a month ago, when my computer chair caught on it and ripped it! Posted by Mike on Wednesday, August 6th, 2003. Posted by zlog on Wednesday, August 6th, 2003. ![]() The others may be interesting, and I think I still have a shrink-wrapped yellow fake disk used to preserve the Mac Plus/SE disk drive while moving these around…īe warned: the photos are… well… disgusting! Just now, I found some interesting things, but just one is in “almost new” conditions. Wow, I’ll better start digging in my room! Posted by Emilio Vanni on Tuesday, August 5th, 2003. 34 comments on “AOL Collectors Edition (or, “The Old Technology Giveaway”)” You can follow comments on this item via the RSS 2.0 feed.Ĭomments are closed. This item was posted by Dan Rubin on Tuesday, August 5th, 2003. ![]() UPDATE: To paraphrase the walrus, the time has come - the contest is now closed to new entries, and judging is underway (sounds serious, don’t it?). ![]() This “contest” will run for an almost indefinite amount of time, but no later than November 30th (so you can get your prize in time for X-mas - if you celebrate another, earlier holiday, good for you, but the November 30th deadline will stay put).Īlso, if you link to this contest (“The Old Technology Giveaway”) from your site, it will certainly make for a much more interesting experiment (and I’ll get lots of traffic too… -) - feel free to use my mini-banner in your sidebar. “What’s in it for me?” you ask? Well, I thought of that too, so as incentive, I’m offering up another piece of computing history to the individual whose submission tickles my fancy the most (this is, of course, purely subjective, but it’s my giveaway, so deal with it) - the top two “winners” (term used loosely) will receive (shipping paid by me, and the first place submission gets first choice of the prizes) either an original Quadra 950 Motherboard w/68040 Processor! (pics: one, two) or a shrink-wrapped 3M 590MB Rewritable Optical Disk! (pics: one, two). So I started wondering “what other mint-condition examples of useless technology are hidden in the collections of techies like me?” Since I can’t very well go rummaging through your houses, under your desks, etc., the only way for me to know is for you, my cherished reader, to submit links to photos of your ancient technological curios in the comments of this post. While sorting through some old piles of paperwork, SyQuest cartridges, and floppies, I came across a curious item: An original AOL 2.5 for Macintosh Installer Disk, still shrink-wrapped! More Site Tweaks | Something’s Coming… AOL Collectors Edition (or, “The Old Technology Giveaway”) About this site's lack of design: Yes, it's supposed to look this way - I'm using a sandbox theme for WordPress ( see it on GitHub).ĭesign, random musings, and the Web.
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