Re: Apple II - how much is it worth?

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <pmd-0109992351320001@stpras01-p17.mts.net>,
Perry Dueck <pmd@NETescape.ca> wrote:

>> They had a feature article out to
>> celebrate the Apple IIe when sales of that unit hit the 5
>> million mark in the late 1980s.
>
>
>In the recently published book, "Apple Confidential" by Owen W. Linzmayer,
>there is an Apple II Timeline on pages 7 and 8 and it shows that the Apple
>II installed base in the second half of 1977 was 570 units.
>
>In 1978, the installed base had grown to 8,170 units.
>
>Then in 1979, the Apple II Plus was introduced and shortly thereafter, the
>Apple II installed base was at 43,270.
>
>By 1980, the Apple II installed base had grown to 121,370.
>
>1981...301,370.
>1982...580,370
>1983...1,000,000
>1984...2,000,000
>
>Presumably, these numbers include all models of the Apple II up to that
>point in time (][, ][ Plus, //e).
>
>Now, I would tend to believe that after the introduction of the Apple ][
>Plus in 1979, the original Apple ][ motherboard would have been phased out
>of production shortly thereafter. Keep in mind that with the original
>Apple ][, the very first one that rolled off the assembly line had a
>serial number of #2000, if memory serves me correctly.