Re: Rarity and Pricing

["Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@attglobal.net>]

There are further rarities in the Apple ][ category. Revision 1-6 of this
motherboard had jumper blocks on the motherboard RAM rows so that you could
configure it to use 4K or 16K RAM chips (16K RAM was quite expensive back
then, running about $50 per chip.) The Rev.7 motherboard did away with the
jumper blocks, added some sort of enhancement to video (I forget what,)
replaced the character generator chip with a 2516 PROM, and had the new
keyboard that permitted you to optionally use control-reset instead of the
bare reset key.

I don't know how many, if any, of the Rev 1-5's were sold, and I don't know
if Apple actually ever sold any ]['s with 4K RAM chips. But when I started
with my ][+ in 1980 the Rev.6 ]['s were quite common.

Tom Z

"Christopher N. Russell" <chrisrussell2k@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Looking through auctions and newsgroup posts, I could only ponder about
the
> value of Apples and their rarity. Personally, the rarity of Apple IIs, in
my
> opinion, goes like this, in order from rarest to most common:
>
> Apple ][, original (not upgraded rom)
> Apple ///+
> Apple IIc +
> Apple II +
> Apple ///
> Apple IIgs Woz
> Apple IIe, IIc, IIgs are about the same rarity
>
> Also, I heard that there were three kinds of IIe s: The plain apple IIe,
the
> apple IIe enhanced/extended, and the apple IIe "platinum." Of course, the
> plain apple IIe is just the original, the platinum is the one with the
> keypad, but somewhere I hear there was an apple IIe enhanced or extended.
It
> had engraved down in the corner, left of the spacebar, engraved either
> enhanced or extended, and I can't remember which. Could somebody fill me
in?
>
> One more thing: there was an apple IIe - IIgs upgrade kit offered by
apple.
> Can anyone describe it to me, like what it came with, how much it cost,
etc.
> Thanks.
>
>