Re: Available: Apple III

["Bender MX" <no@morespam.com>]

Do you ship to Canada,

 If so, I'd love to have and Apple /// !!!

Later,
Craig

"Sheldon Simms" <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> wrote in message
pan.2003.12.11.17.54.46.970423@yahoo.com">news:pan.2003.12.11.17.54.46.970423@yahoo.com...
>
> I have a complete, partially working Apple III system that I don't want
> to Ebay. Instead, I am willing to give it to an Apple enthusiast for
> the cost of shipping.
>
> First off, what I have is:
>
>  1 Apple III CPU w/integrated keyboard and floppy drive
>  1 Apple III parallel card
>  1 Apple III Profile HD controller card
>  1 5MB Profile hard drive
>  1 Apple III external floppy drive
>  1 Monitor III
>
> You can find a picture of everything at
> http://wsxyz.dyndns.org/photos/a3.jpg
>
> Now the problems:
> 1) The internal floppy drive no longer spins when power is applied.
>    The system used to boot from this drive, but now it doesn't work.
>    The CPU is ok and a "retry" message is printed on the screen,
>    but the drive won't start.
> 2) The Profile does not work as far as I know. I downloaded the 1.3
>    system disk from asimov and tried to format the Profile once, but
>    the format program says "formatter driver not loaded" although the
>    System configuration program says that the profile driver is loaded
>    and does contain a formatter. The Profile sometimes makes an awful
>    clanking noise when spinning up.
> 3) The Apple III monitor needs work. You can see what is being printed
>    but it is very blurry and there are lots of diagonal lines on the
>    screen. It's not usable.
>
> I dragged this system out of the closet a few days ago and when I found
> that it doesn't work anymore I considered trying to fix it, but at the
> moment it's just not a worthwhile use of my time. Instead of tossing it
> in a dumpster I'd like to give it to someone who might fix it, or at
> least use it for parts. So if you are interested, write me an email.
>
> In case you are interested, but not familiar with the Apple III, I should
> inform you that the Apple III enclosure is a single cast iron piece with
> a plastic lid. It's heavy and the shipping will not be very cheap.
>
> If no one wants the computer I will depopulate the boards, ditch the
> case, and put the monitor back in the closet for possible future repair.
>
> One email address of mine should be in the headers, but it has been
> flooded by virus-laden emails recently, so it would probably be better to
> write to me at
>
> (we sell xmas yuletide zebras)6294@(you are having only one).com
>
> and replace parenthesized parts with the first letters of each word
>
> -Sheldon
>