Re: [NTLK] ANOTHER Original Newton prototype - now it's mine..

From: James Elliott (james.elliott_at_newted.org)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 14:29:01 EDT


But what evidence is there that it is a prototype? It's labelled
MessagePad, just like the model that shipped. Does it have a screen
cover (the Batman) or something?

-James

>Jim Witte wrote:
> > I just found another prototype on Ebay:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1363679856
>
>Hmmm... Nice find. But -- I'm confused as to how the guy selling it didn't
>seem to know it was a prototype. I mean, DID Apple ship some of these to
>consumers early on? Just seems very odd that someone would have one, sell it
>on EBay, and not know to mention that it was a prototype or anything...
>
>Maybe he bought it from some other guy that thought it was worthless even
>though he knew it was a proto and didn't pass that info along? Odd...
>
> - John...

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