Re: Very aggravating orig. II problem

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

rogtha@delphi.com wrote:
: 	I have a 1979 Apple II; part of its keyboard will not work at all.
: Pressing RETURN, CTRL, ESC, <-, and -> produces various miscellaneous
: ASCII characters, instead of the functions. Of course I can't run any-
: thing on the machine. Can anyone tell me what might be causing this
: problem? (The characters produced are always the same. RETURN always
: gives me a cursed hyphen!)

Sounds like some broken traces on the keyboard circuit board or the encoder's
on the fritz, just guessing.

: 	Another question: The same '79 Apple II has no speaker, six screws
: missing, and LOTS of scratches on the underside. What might this machine
: be worth? (I have a 1978 Apple II in MUCH better, almost pristine con-
: dition, which works almost perfectly. What might this be worth, as well?
: Collector-wise?)

I have two ]['s on hand. The first one I got was serial #30123 and I had to 
build it from parts of two machines. The other one is #37619 which I got last
summer, in flawless condition, shipped in its original box, with a complete
set of manuals in perfect condition. I paid $15 for it. I think that old Apple
hardware isn't considered really collectible as yet, but may get that way
someday. I've been getting all the hard-to-find stuff I can the past few 
months, the ][, a black B&H ][ plus, a //c LCD, a Mac 128, and a III plus
with profile to name a few things I've picked up.
BTW a few weeks ago I read a post in another group from a guy asking if Apple
][ serial #25 was worth anything or not. Couldn't talk him out of it.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
shack@southwind.net                               when internet wasn't cool