[vcf-midatlantic] IBM PC near-compatibles

NEC APC, the 8-inch floppy 8086 machine. I have one too, not powered up in some years. "gasoline powered clothes iron" _ don't have that. Seems entirely reasonable to me. Many clothes irons were heated in fires, or one put coals in them. It's another discussion to talk about these. My point was, items that fell out of favor just at product introduction, become rare and potentially collectable; sometimes as contrary items. Various mechanical calculators? same considerations. It's been interesting, as people have mentioned their favorite MS-DOS non-IBM-PC's. Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net