Re: Are Apple II+ memory chips with apple logo valuable?

[email@luddite.ca (Simon Williams)]

Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Quadrajet1 wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> >  More valuable?  Maybe they're worth 6 cents each instead of 5 cents.  I
> >don't
> >think it adds too much value.  Apple never sold Apple branded memory, I
> >believe
> >the Apple logo was put on those RAM chips to verify that Apple installed RAM
> >was in the motherboard for warranty issues.  And they put that small logo on
> >everyone's RAM chips they used, not just Mostek. And they didn't do it too
> >long, I remember seeing some of the original //e's with it.
> 
> But Apple did sell Apple-stamped memory through its dealers--and
> they did charge about 2x-3x the going price from distributers.
> 
> Two weeks after buying my 16KB Apple ][ plus I bought another
> 32KB from JDR for $60 (in January of 1981), when Apple still
> wanted $100 per 16KB.

I think they're still charging 2-3 times the going rate for memory, but
I don't think it's got a logo stamped on it ;-)

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