Re: Apple II+

[sheercon@earthlink.net]

Bryan Villados wrote:
> 
> In article <37C4E1BC.8A8C5AC8@earthlink.net>, <sheercon@earthlink.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > Are these computers "collectable"? Did they make 50 trillion of them?
> 
> The term "collectible" can be defined differently from person to
> person. The other replies imply collectibles as $$$$. As for me, a
> collectible is something else.
> 
> I'm a total Apple Computer fanatic! I love the company and the people
> that run it. To show my appreciation, I'm building an Apple Museum in
> Hawaii so I can show people the various aspects of Apple technology and
> how it progressed through the last 20+ years. Some of the things I'll
> be showing and lecturing about are industrial design, legacy
> technology, etc. That's why I'm attempting to collect one of every
> Apple 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit model I can afford. So far, I've got
> computers from the Apple II+ to the Macintosh Centris 650, with the
> exception of the Apple III+, Lisa 1, and a backlit Macintosh portable.
> I'm not even thinking about an Apple I, and I can't seem to find an
> Apple II for under $400.
> 
> Having one of every model would make me happy, and also pleased that I
> set out a goal and accomplished it. The Apple II+ is a very special
> computer to me. I learned how to program in assembly language with it.
> Those skills would a few years later help me land a ROM-BIOS Engineer
> position at Phoenix Technologies. The II+ I currently have includes
> virtually everything I had during my kid days, including 64KB RAM, a
> Hayes Micromodem II, Videx 80-column video, Epson MX-80FT printer, a 9"
> color display, and two Disk II drives.
> 
> To me, assembling systems that keeps those memories going make them
> collectibles. And I don't have the intentions of ever selling off any
> of the pieces. So if they are indeed worth $$$$, I won't see a single
> penny of it!
> 
> ---
> 
> Bryan G. Villados
> Curator, Apple Museum For-a-Day
> http://www.macgeek.org/

Good luck on your museum, maybe one day you'll also have an Apple I to
add to the collection (I notice the bidding on one just recently hit
$37,000 on Ebay, although it didn't hit the reserve price)
 
I currently have an Apple III, An Apple IIe, An Apple II+, An Apple IIgs
and an Apple IIc. I was thinking of selling off a few as my girlfriend
is getting frustrated that the "spare" bedroom has become home to a
multitude of antique computers.


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