Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection • Hacker News Board

Re: Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection

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Post by po » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 8:18 AM UTC

RobSpectre wrote: post #4

This is just heartbreaking.

My favorite part about waiting at tekserve was always getting your ticket and then just watching the fish in that giant aqua-scaped freshwater aquarium they had. It was so impressive. I always wondered who maintained that thing.

Re: Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection

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Post by sheraz » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 8:43 AM UTC

I would love some of those cattle and auto auctioneers to run the show.

https://youtu.be/CITxLRXPk1U?t=6

Re: Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection

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Post by sharkjacobs » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 9:02 AM UTC

that's pretty impressive but just earlier today i saw this: http://denver.craigslist.org/sys/5732303316.html

Re: Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection

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Post by crux » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 9:47 AM UTC

I worked at Tekserve for 2 years. It's quite interesting to hear the strong emotional responses that many people express about its closing.

Re: Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection

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Post by jimcavoli » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 11:30 AM UTC

I used to have an Apple ][ and it's one of my few regrets that I sold it when I did. Luckily, I've still got the IIGS but it's not quite the same. I never made it to Tekserve before they closed either...maybe that's 2 regrets now.

Re: Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection

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Post by lallysingh » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 12:01 PM UTC

ChuckMcM wrote: post #9

empressplay wrote: post #3

US$29,000? I think you could probably put that together yourself for quite a bit under that price (including a machine or two signed by Woz...)

You'd be surprised then. There are two things going for it, one it has a lot of machines in it, and two they seem to be in pretty decent shape. You could probably spend the next 3 - 10 years going around garage sales, haunting Craig's list and other auction sites, and put something together. But it will take time and the outcome is uncertain. Remember there will be seasoned collectors bidding on this bunch, they alre…

I narrowly dodged a bullet a few years ago when someone outbid me on a pile of SGI workstation hardware. I was ready to become a hardware hoarder, but someone out there saved me.

Re: Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection

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Post by theklub » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 12:13 PM UTC

sharkjacobs wrote: post #13

that's pretty impressive but just earlier today i saw this: http://denver.craigslist.org/sys/5732303316.html

Wow, those all-in-one type macs with the floppy disk slot just brought me back to middle school days.

Re: Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection

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Post by stuff4ben » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 12:32 PM UTC

Not just a Mac collection as it has a bunch of Apple II's, but sadly no IIgs. That's the computer I first fell in love with. Most kids my age back then were into Playboys. I was lusting after the back cover of some computer magazine that had the IIgs on it. But then a friend told me how much better the Amigas were than any silly old Apple product and I switched allegiances. Those were the days...

Re: Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection

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Post by rbanffy » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 1:37 PM UTC

alrs wrote: post #8

I can't ID the Macs, because "Apple ][ Forever" people don't dig Macs. I can point out that there is an Apple //e, an Apple //c, a Lisa, and an Apple /// in that lot, none of which are Macs. The NeXT Cube isn't even an Apple.

> a Lisa

Could be a Macintosh XL

Re: Tekserve auctions their vintage Mac collection

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Post by mattaltieri » Fri, Aug 19, 2016, 2:09 PM UTC

I really want to know what happened to that nickel coke machine. I bought a soda from it every time I went, which was often when I was working @ Yodle on W23rd.