Re: ebay: Do the two "hard drives" (really floppies) make this //eTHAT valuable

[dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)]

Steven Hirsch wrote:
> On 03/18/2011 04:32 PM, Sean Fahey wrote:
>> On Mar 18, 3:22 pm, Ralph<rwh...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Pretty amazing bids:
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-IIE-Computer-2-Hard-Drives-Monitor-Keypad-S...
>>
>> Collector bait: it's the condition of the boxes, completeness of the
>> original material and the fact that it's a resin case //e (vs.
>> plastic). Forever beige, it will never yellow.
> 
> Hmm.  I wasn't aware that the early resin-case //e boxen were all that
> rare. 
> Is this just collector nuttiness or have I been missing something?
>

That's the same model that I have. In fact, I managed to take off a bit of
the paint/resin/whatever it is using fingernail polish remover. I was trying
to get rid of sticker residue above the keyboard. Well, that worked, and
more!

Learned my lesson!

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