[coco] wondering about 68k machines

[RJRTTY at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/9/05 7:57:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jimhrubik at earthlink.net writes:

<< Don't know about the Amiga end, but there are tons of 68030 and 68040 
 Macs available for cheap, and they should run penguin stuff. >>

      Well I wasn't looking for a machine to actually use.      It's
just curiousity from when the early machines first appeared.
I remember reading about the special video, sound and
I/O chips and thier capabilities.   I guess I just have some
unsatisfied need to check them out once and for all and
find out if all the fuss over them was justified.       The
one 68040 machine I would consider getting is a NeXT
cube.   I still have the issue of BYTE that had the
debut article of the NeXT machine.    I marvelled that
somebody could afford to spend $6500 on a computer,
me being a dirt poor college drop out at the time.
I have bidded up to $400 on a few ebay auctions
of the cube but there is always at least one fool willing
to go sub orbital when bidding on them so I end up empty
handed.   Maybe NeXT time !!!    :d

Roy