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If you think your home or office is probably inadequate when it comes to older Apple hardware, there’s good news. A huge chunk of classic Apple computing history hammers next week when auction house Julien’s Auctions auctions his Hanspeter Luzi collection of over 500 Apple computers, parts, software, and the occasional temporary bit. is placed under
Ars reported on the auction in February, but Julien’s Auctions has a full catalog ahead of the March 30th event, and there’s sure to be plenty to catch the eye for Apple geeks of a certain age. wax.
The earliest computers in the collection are a pair of Commodore PET 2001s. Unfortunately, those looking for an Apple 1 bargain will have to wait.
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My own personal computing history aligns with the following several lots. In the early 1980s, when it came time for our family to join the computing revolution, we did so with the Commodore 64. Learning to program on a Commodore 64 from the Hanspeter Luzi collection could have been even worse than it was then. All manuals are in German, not English. Elsewhere in the collection, Apple III documentation is also available in German.
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Both lots containing the Commodore 64 also come with rounded beige Datasets of that machine. This is the cassette tape player that many of us used for digital storage back then. But if you want a (moderate) speed boost, consider Lot #5 with the legendary Commodore 1541 floppy disk drive. Of course, the drive gets really hot, so it helps keep your drinks and sandwiches warm while you work or play.
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This lot allows you to get two datasets instead of one. However, there is only one C16.
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Like many items in the collection, this one could be cleaned up a bit.
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Think it’s an official Star Wars game?
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Curiosity alone might be enough for someone to bid on Lot #6: The Commodore 16 looked cool with its dark gray plastic, but it only had 16KB of RAM, making it a more powerful sibling. It was not comparable. The lot also includes a nice-looking one-button him joystick and some cassettes containing what appears to be a Star Wars game. Or is it just a game called Star Wars?
