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- Buelldozer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32Thats because you young whippersnappers don't understand the value of nostalgia, you're too young. NOW GET OFF MY LAWN!!!
- rig0rmortis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28I love this picture.
http://www.vintagetechnologygroup.com/9.jpg
"All keys work absolutely @erfectly !!" - BillyK, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Holy Crap! It's a Festivus MIRACLE!
Brings a tear to my eye... - lolwtfhaha, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Imagine how much this will sell for in another 20 years! Oh wait, non-drm devices will all be rounded up and destroyed in 2012 :-/
- ArcticCelt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10And you also have to be kind of mad to buy an expensive computer kepp it in a box for 25 years and then sell it for a loss. (Adjusted for inflation)
- morgrar, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12Or for the same price, you can get this: http://www.apple.com/macbook/macbook.html
It's basically the same thing, right? - arkmtech, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Only $1400? I think I'll hold onto my mint NES Power System for another decade or two.
Nutshell: On a chance trip to K-Mart years ago, I nabbed it out of a bargain bin for about $20. I still remember the cashier informing us that it'd been stashed away behind stuff in the back for years, and discovered while the store was revamping to a 'Big K.' Still in the original shrink-packaging, it's tucked safely away within a big Rubbermade container in my basement . Effin' w00t. ^_^ - rbanffy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I know you noticed that, but the @ is a shifted P in the Apple II keyboard
http://www.vintagetechnologygroup.com/2.jpg
Remember that at that time, not all computers had lowercase characters. - BillyK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Just the computer (no monitor, no disk drive) would've cost about $1200-$1400 if I remember correctly. I got a ][e for Christmas back in 1982 with dual disk drive and monitor. It cost $2800.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7"Assembled in Ireland."
- mfratt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10I agree, the only vintage mac I could see going for that much is the Lisa.
- miles01110, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6People don't pay for the functionality, obviously. It's not depreciation in the normal sense. It's a collector's item- kind of like how old coins are worth more now than they originally were when they were minted.
- ae92, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It's not a button, it's a translucent piece of plastic with a light underneath. The power switch is around back on the left side... I don't think we saw many computers with front-panel power buttons until the late 80s/early 90s.
BTW, I had one of these, and with the disk II drive and a few pieces of software, I think my dad paid about $3000... it was a ton of fun, and I learned to program on it, so despite the lack of functionality, it taught me a lot of fundamentals that I still use today... - spidoman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8No, it's not. Festivus was two days ago. Good try though.
- fmaxwell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Then don't sell to him in the future.
And don't be a pussy and leave feedback like "A++++ transaction. Buyer paid promptly." If he was a jerk, then put that in his feedback. - AdrianRice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If you asked me, whoever got this got a bargain. I can see this skyrocketing in value over the next decade or two. I would have at least thought this to be 4 times as much as sold for.
- Grishnackh, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5thats utterly crazy.
and utterly cool
i digg retro *****. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I like mints, yum yum.
- morcheeba, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3actually, it's an incandescent bulb. *shudder*. When's the last time you've seen an actual bulb on a piece of electronics? I think the last time I saw one was on a VU meter or to backlight a radio dial. Or, on professional equipment.
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6How much did this cost back in the day?
Seller is most likely the only person to actually turn a profit with old tech...
ok, maybe not but whatever... - SPrintF, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Hey! Now the Lostaways can fix the one in the Hatch!
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Nope, but with the Applied Engineering PC Transporter card, you can run MSDOS.
http://osites.tripod.com/transport.html - felchdonkey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Sad that what he has here is a machine that was never used, so it's gone rusty and as you say, none of the card slots are likely good anymore.
Ironically, my own Apple ][+ that I got in 1982 is still working like brand new, because I've used it ever since I got it. It's a little scuffed, and the keyboard's letters are worn from 24 years of use, but it runs like a dream. I doubt I'll be able to say the same about my G5 in 20 years. - Oobitsa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I had the same machine. Same manuals, same box.. It, too, was made in Ireland. Just like a DeLorean!
While the power button, wasn't really a button, the reset key was right on the keyboard just waiting for you to hit it and accidentally reboot. I once lost quite a few lines of Pascal code doing this!
My first mods were an 80 column card, the lower case letters hack, and another 12k to bring it up to 64k! - ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Depends, how many people do you know have fond memories from their youth hacking away at its keyboard?
- paulmdx, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Don't forget there's 27 years of inflation to take into consideration. With an average of 2% inflation PA the original Apple would only have had to cost $850 to still be more expensive than $1414 today.
- remyz16, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Fragile...must be Italian!"
- fixyourthinking, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I've sold stuff (as an ebay seller) to Vintage Technology Group (the seller in this auction) on eBay and the guy was a real jerk to me.
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yep, definitely hold onto it, wrap it up nice and keep it in a "cool dry place."
Old and in original packaging? check
Raised a generation of kids? check
Fondly remembered by many? check - mos6507, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I don't think that's a button. I think it's just an LED.
- eddie72, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah that was back when I really dug Apple, the Apple II years. The Apple IIGS was a wonder for it's time.
- elig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Absolute nutso. It's not an Apple I or II, but a II+. It's not even an early serial number Apple II+.
When I volunteered at the Computer History Museum, we wouldn't even have taken this off the owner's hands for free -- there are millions floating around in garages and attics. - brundlefly76, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you had put that $1200 in a simple savings account at a lousy 3% you would have $2,500 and not have to have a box sitting in your attic for a quarter-century.
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There aren't quite as many II and IIplus machines around, at least compared to the //e. //es are dime a dozen. I once had all three of those models for sale, most everyone wanted the II, followed by inquiries about the IIplus. The //e I couldn't get rid of, but luckily found and donated it to a school that still ran a lab of them.
I tested the II to find it was dead. The buyer still wanted it. Despite my best packing methods, one of the keys managed to break in transit. The buyer was still happy. He could've more easily gotten a //e for his project, but he wanted to "do it in style." - JeffMcKamey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The vintage mac cost $5000 when it was new, and had a lot more parts that could go wrong in 22 years.
- deedas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Are you kidding me? I would have paid more than that. Probably would have bought it if it wasn't xmas and money is a bit short.
- themacman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i want one!
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1100 right now...I never got one, my parents gave me a SNES later on though..
- tonythejetsfan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A few thoughts...
What are the odds of the disk ][ controller card working in those rusty slots.
What are the odds of the out of spec capacitors actually getting a disk to boot
What are the odds of this guy frying the motherboard and drive controller card when he misaligns the unkeyed drive cable connectors :-(
What are the odds of me selling this guy my Mountain Computer clock card :-)
BTW it's worth the money and will grow in value because of condition and box, doesn't matter if it even works.
I've got two in the basement older than this with about a dozen mods and holes drilled all over for ventilation - goat2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1nice rusty innards
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The original 128k? I really don't know for sure, but If it's all in working order and in good shape, it could get more than you'd think. But it's the stuff that came with it that's probably worth more; the more of it you have, the better. Just the box alone for it sold for around $500 a few years back.
http://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,51208,00.html
For a personal experience, at a thrift store I once stumbled upon a Mac plus in it's original box, with all the parts and accessories. This was shortly after the news of the $500 box. But I didn't have the space to store it so I passed it over. Over the next week, the knuckle-draggers that also shop Goodwill proceeded to tear the contents apart, so I grabbed the one intact item, a guided tour cassette tape still in the shrink wrap. I put it on eBay and sold it for about $20. - MacParrot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1dugg for the "Christmas Story" reference
- Twango, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1How much is $1200 in original Barbie dolls, still in the box?
- UltraPope, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@rbnaffy
Still, when trying to show that everything is in working order and having an error into the proof... That's funny. Especially when it's mid-sentence. - theehman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A few years ago I sold a working IMSAI 8080 micro-computer with all the manuals and every receipt to a guy at Microsoft for $1100. He even paid extra for overnight shipping. I bought the whole thing at a yard sale for $12.
- tmcdigg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Which is to say APPLE PRODUCTS ARE VASTLY OVERPRICED?
Sony likes this model too...except their products will not hold up in used resales... - greyhacker45, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That is not a high price to ask, considering what some people pay for incredibly arcane collectibles. I've seen AppleIIs in far worse condition go for double or triple on eBay.
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1While they're unkeyed, aren't the pins on the disk conroller card positioned such that you couldn't plug the drive in the wrong way? Those ribbon cables came off the connector perpendicular to, rather than parallel with the plug.
- MacParrot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1AppleIIs? Must be Italian. Trying to run that joke into the ground. Sorry
- graemee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I got a working Mac in a yard sale for $10.00 No keyboard No mouse, but it's an original 1984 Model. Cost me more to get the mouse & keyboard, but it still works.
I'm surprised that Apple II+ are considered valuable, to me they are like C64's, old, fun but not worth much. I have two, mind you one is a knockoff from Hong Kong. But didn't they make millions of these? -
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