Re: Yay! Finally got myself a IIgs!

[John <syseng@ozemail.com.au>]

On 24 Jun 2006 19:53:44 -0700, "skylarking" <petsoundsnz@gmail.com>
wrote:

>They're fairly hard to find here in New Zealand, but I got one with
>colour monitor, two 3.5 inch drives and one 5.25 inch drive, printer,
>joystick, manuals, and loads of games in original packaging (including
>Bubble Ghost, a few Sierra adventures, Crystal Quest, Jack Nicklaus
>Golf, Battle Chess) for the bargain price of NZ$26 (about US$15 I
>think). Woohoo!
>
>So anyone else got any Apple II bargains recently?


Well, not exactly recent but I will describe this situation that
occurred in 1993.

I was looking in the local paper and I noticed that someone was
selling off old and used computer gear.  After contacting this seller
by phone (who was an ex-scientist) I agreed to meet him at his
residence on a weekend afternoon.  

Upon arriving, the seller led me into his basement which was awash
with a huge amount of computer gear.  He proceeded to show me which
items were for sale and I immediately noticed that he had scores of
vintage Apple's and associated peripherals.  After looking around for
an hour or so I obtained the following for a sum of $80 (Australian):

3 x Apple Lisa 2/10 systems (all working with hard drives and spares)
4 x Apple //c's (2 with ROM Rev 0, the other two with ROM Rev 3)
2 x Apple //c flat panel displays (one sealed w/manual, one open)
2 x Apple ProFile hard drives (one flaky, the other working)
1 x Apple IIgs upgrade kit for enhanced //e
Numerous Apple // interface cards (incl Slinky, DB19 Floppy, Transwarp
//e, Z-80, Profile, Wildcard etc)

This was quite a find and I'm sure the seller himself wasn't aware of
the value that some of these items would fetch.  The //c flat panel
displays were an incredible find as I had never seen such beasts.  

I still have all of the above items today except the three Lisa 2/10
systems.  I stupidly sold one of them to an enthusiast and the other
two were dismantled for parts after their screens went dead and were
taking up too much storage space.  *sigh* what an idiot I was to
offload these Lisa's considering how much they're worth now :(