Re: Black Apple II how rare ?

[Greg Dunn <gregdunn@indy.net>]

In article <38BE4346.D5D6F896@swbell.net>, Rubywand
<rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

> John writes ...
> > 
> > I reciently ran into a black apple II the one manufactured for bell and
> > howell and I was wondering how rare they really are and how much I should
> > expect to  pay for it (with out getting taken) ? It also had a black drive
> > with it.
>  ....
> 
>      Evidently, somewhere between 5000 - 10,000 were produced. So, they are a
> relatively rare Apple II. You see them for sale on places like ebay from time
> to time.

Had no idea they were so rare...  We resold them for a time back in the
early 80s and they were easy to find.  Other than the color, there's
certainly no difference between them and the beige units.  We only sold
the black ones because we could get them at volume discounts and afford
to install/configure a system for someone at no extra charge.