Re: Talking about eBay wierdness... check this one out...

[sloopy malibu <sloopy@amishinfo.com>]

yeah i sorta remember that machine.... and the one in the ebay auction is a
VERY poor representaion IMHO... oh well i guess the one for this minute has
been found.... maybe i should put my 'original kim-1' on ebay :')


sloopy.


> From: Liam Busey <buseyl@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: buseyl@yahoo.com
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 13:14:31 -0400
> Subject: Re: Talking about eBay wierdness... check this one out...
> 
> sloopy malibu wrote:
>> 
>> hmmm considering it was before the apple //'s were made a keyboard with
>> the apple keys wouldnt have been an accurate mock up... it is probly a
>> surplus terminal keyboard (which were very common on homebrew machines)
>> either way it is an awfully expensive surplus keyboard and piece of wood...
>> 
>> sloopy.
> 
> Here's a pic of what I suspect is the eBay unit's archetype.
> <www.apple2.org/images/Systems/AppleSmithsonian.JPEG>
> 
> It would be very difficult to find a similar keyboard. I'd consider such
> an inaccuracy forgivable.
> 
> One wonders why they bothered though. Weren't Apple Ones only sold as
> populated circuit boards? Every cased unit would be an individual.
> 
> 
> Liam Busey