Re: A2 on eBay

["Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch@adelphia.net>]

Mark Percival wrote:
> Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
>> This is by far the oldest Apple ][ I've ever laid eyes on and am curious
>> as to what others have to say about its pedigree and potential
>> collectors value.
> 
> Its a pretty good one to have, Steve.  An authentic 1977 produced Apple
> ][ is something any collector would want.  It sounds like a Rev 0
> motherboard too.  You should boot up a color hi-res program to see if
> it can only display green, violet, black and white.  Only the original
> unmodified motherboards would be unable to display blue and orange in
> hi-res mode.

Believe it or not, in 23 years of involvement with Apple 2 machines I
never used a color display on a ][, ][+ or //e.  I doubt I even own a
color monitor with a composite input.  Is there anything else tell-tale
to look for?  Jumper wires, cut traces, etc?

  For me, being unable to display the extra colors would
> add to the value.  Put back in the original Integer basic ROM's and add
> even more value.

I wash I _had_ the Integer Basic ROMs.  It came with what it came with.
 The price was right, so I'm not complaining, mind you!

Steve