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  • Gravastar Supernova Bluetooth Speaker Review: It's almost perfect

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    Ah, Portal! How I wish I could play Half-Life on my PS5...
    watto_cobra

  • Apple Watch spots undiagnosed heart problem in author

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    MacPro said:
    "British author Adam Croft says he woke to find his Apple Watch had been repeatedly alerting him about his undiagnosed undiagnosed atrial fibrillation."

    OMG, he had it doubly undiagnosed?  😳
    That's the double truth.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • An Apple manufacturer's VP has quit after talking about China exodus

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    What the heck is a "double truth"?
    muthuk_vanalingamchutzpah

  • UK police shocked to discover taser disguised as iPhone

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    "Non-lethal tasers are illegal in the UK" - which would imply that lethal tasers are legal?
    JaiOh81dewmeCluntBaby92

  • Massive auction has nearly every vintage Apple product up for sale

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    JP234 said:
    JP234 said:
    Doesn't look like they are testing anything. It's hard to know what kind of condition any of this is in. Despite the sales pitch, I don't see many signs that he maintained his collection (he died in 2015). Note also, the Macintosh (which appears to be without accessories) has a 220-240V power supply. A lot of the other items also look like they may be European editions, and thus require 220-240V power.

    The Bell & Howell Apple II Plus is interesting. I didn't know it existed.
    Who cares if they work or not? They're useless in 2023. You buy them to collect or hoard, not use.
    ? Collectors care, and people reselling them to nostalgia buyers on eBay care. A working machine is worth a lot more than a non-working one. The reason that Lisa sold for $50K recently was because it was a working original 1983 machine that had never been upgraded. 

    The Lisa in this auction still has the original floppy drives, so if they can show it is working, or at least that it has all its parts in good condition (so it can be repaired), it will sell for more. Most of them were upgraded (Apple did it for free), so intact non-upgraded machines are rare.

    For what’s worth, I have a working Macintosh 512K — the floppy drive (and external drive) work but I don’t stress them, instead I use a Floppy Emu with it, so I can transfer files via SD card, no problem. Floppy Emu also works with Lisa and Apple II machines:

    https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-emu/
    Still doesn't answer the question, why does anyone care if it works? Your 512K "Fat Mac" is obsolete and useless for anything practical. Unless you consider playing "pong" on it practical.
    I didn’t say it was “practical.” Why does anyone collect anything?

    Regardless, it does matter to collectors and hobbyists. That’s just a fact. For various reasons—for me, I guess it’s about preserving knowledge and history, and reviving shared experiences, which can be educational and, for those who were around at the time, nostalgic. Is it so hard to see value in the physical experience of using an early Mac? Sure, you can use an emulator for the software, but it’s not the same. 
    I agree with you. I'd want a vintage machine in working condition and wouldn't consider buying something that doesn't work or cannot run.
    watto_cobra