Re: Buying equipment?

[sporadic <sporadically@gmail.com>]

On Jan 18, 4:18 am, schmidtd <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Jan 18, 6:24 am, "Jayson Smith" wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> >      Other than eBay and local thrift/secondhand stores, is there any major
> > place where people buy and sell Apple equipment? E.G. a website, mailing
> > list, etc.
>
> http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html
> Craigslist
> comp.sys.apple2.marketplace
>
>  The reason I ask is, I'm in the market for a ROM 3 GS, all I
>
> > really need is the main unit. However, in my experience, a lot of the units
> > on eBay are totally untested, and are of the "Pulled from a working
> > environment, we know nothing about it, don't have any software, so can't
> > test, powers up and lights up" variety. Is there a place where Apples are
> > sold, where they're being sold by people who really do know about vintage
> > Apple equipment, and so systems are actually tested?
> > Thanks.

I would love to find a reasonably priced ROM 3 as well.  I have 7 ROM
1s now and ROM 3s are crazy expensive assuming you can find them.  Oh
well, I find comfort in that ROM 1s are more compatible, and I'm not
hurting for memory cards, but still, nice to add a ROM 3 to my
collection.

Jimmy