Re: What'd I find at the dump yesterday?

[Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net>]

In article <2sasjrF1itpmuU1@uni-berlin.de>,
 RichardK-PB <atari@NOSPAMbtconnect.com> wrote:

> Don Bruder wrote:
> 
> > Assuming it's functional (which could, I guess, be assuming a lot), 
> > anybody got a ballpark number for value (or an offer to buy) for it? 
> > Don't say "go look at eBay" if you've got an answer. Wading through the 
> > graphics-disaster that eBay has become is more effort that the result is 
> > worth, particularly across this cocktail straw of a connection I'm stuck 
> > calling my internet connection.
> 
> To be honest, they seem to be fetching about $20-30 generally. The Woz 
> edition isn't that rare and people get more use out of a ROM 01 or 03 
> (non-upgraded Woz's are ROM 00, and actually are quite thin on the ground).

FWIW: Dug out a power cable and set this thing up using a spare Mac 
keyboard/rodent, and as expected, it does indeed fire right up. 

Powering it up with nothing in the drive shows me "Apple IIgs" at the 
top of the screen, a 1977-1987 copyright date/all rights... message, and 
"ROM Version 1.0" before it kicks over to the "check startup device" 
screen a couple seconds later.

Presumably, this would indicate I'm now the proud owner of a ROM 01 Woz 
Edition gs? Or is 1.0 the number that a ROM 00 machine would show? 

Any way to make a determination *FOR SURE* without needing anything more 
than the keyboard to do it? (a PEEK() or three, perhaps?) I've got 
absolute zero for software (unless you count a box full of MECC disks) 
to feed the beast at the moment

Even if not, I am now the (sorta...) proud owner of a machine that I 
drooled, screamed, kicked, and whimpered about 'cause I didn't have a 
hope in hell of affording it 15+ years ago. The "(sorta...)" is 'cause 
now that I've got it, I need to figure out what I'm going to DO with 
it... :) 

Didn't expect it to be worth *A LOT*, but what the heck... for the 
effort of picking it up, I've got a machine that I positively drooled 
over "back in the day". WHich makes yesterday a good dump-run :) 

(And <PHHHLLLBBBTTTT!> at the "no salvaging" idiots, besides!)

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