Re: ][ Board only

[Mike Willegal <mike@willegal.net>]

A friend of mine bought a board only Apple II.  It was the first Apple 
Computer that I ever saw.  I would estimate it was in late '77 or early 
'78.  If I remember correctly, he had some issues with the power supply. 
 Eventually after a couple of calls to Apple, he had it working.  Ascii 
keyboards were available mail order at the that time, so they weren't 
much of an issue.

He, me and another person went in together to get a bulk discounted 
purchase of 16K DRAMs, which were normally something like $25 to $30 
each, back in those days.  I bought only 32K, bringing my machine up to 
36K.  I ran it a for long time with 36K memory.  I think I eventually 
scrounged another bank of 8 from some leftovers at work to bring my 
machine up to 48k.


Regards,
Mike Willegal

Bill H wrote:
> According to this advert on this page: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos.asp?t=2&c=68&st=1
>
> "Apple ll is also available in board-only form to the do-it-yourself
> hobbyist. Has all of the features of the Apple ll system but does not
> include case, keyboard, power supply or game paddles. $598"
>
> Did anyone on here ever purchase just the board and use your own
> keyboard, power supply etc?
>
> Bill H