Re: Golden II

[Jeff Blakeney <CUTjblakeney@sympatico.ca>]

On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 23:35:48 GMT, "Ernest"
<leucoplast@seanet.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>"Jeff Blakeney" <CUTjblakeney@syndicomm.com> wrote in message
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>> I had no idea the Spartan would be that high on this kind of a list.
>> Is that because it is of value to both Apple II users as well as
>> Commodore 64 users?
>
>Yes and no. The larger the group of potential collectors for an item, the
>more value it has but what I was specifically thinking of was that the Mimic
>has a legendary status in both groups. It's both rare and well known to
>collectors. Plus, its a damned cool system. I couldn't begin to guess what
>it would sell for on Ebay.

Yeah, the number of potential buyers being higher is basically what I
was thinking.  It is a pretty cool system from what little I've been
able to figure out about it.  It was fun when I first got it because I
didn't have a C-64 to use as a keyboard nor did I have any Apple II+
keyboards so to find out what it was like I put a Disk ][ controller
in the Spartan and made a boot disk that ran slotscan or some similar
program to find out that it was an Apple II+ compatible with 64KB of
RAM.

>I keep an informal list of who has what. I don't have the list in front of
>me but you might be on it. I can't remember. Basically, I try to keep track
>by visiting web museums and listening to groups like this one. If you are
>listed somewhere, then you are probably on my list.

I've mentioned my having a Spartan in the group several times in the
past so you may have me listed already.  As far as I know I'm not
listed on any web museum sites because of this system.

-- 
 Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in the
                 Apple II Community on Syndicomm.com
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