Re: FS Loaded //Gs, Software, MISC.

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

bfkidd writes ...
> 
> Rubywand wrote in message <35C14B6E.86BE84A1@swbell.net>...
> >     In your dreams, maybe. Sure, anyone can luck-off and find a ROM-01
> >system like the one you describe above at a garage sale for $50 or,
> >even, $15. As such finds are snapped up, it is getting harder to find
> >sellers who do not know which end is up-- who do not know, for example,
> >that you can sell just the keyboard for $25 and the mouse for $10.
> >Without much trouble, you can get $30-$50 for the monitor, $20 for a
> >platinum 5.25" drive and a bit more for a 3.5" drive. Then, you can pull
> >the power supply and sell it for $30-$40. Finally, you can pull the 01
> >ROM and VGC to sell for $30 to a ROM-00 machine owner.
> 
> $40 for the power supply? Gee, I got one I pulled in '88 when I got my
> Vulcan and packed it in the box the hard drive came in... and it's still
> there. You mean people actually would pay me for this thing?
>

     Someone with a bombed GS power supply might pay you for your good
one, sure. $40 is about what Apple II parts sellers are asking.
Obviously, you will have an easier sale if you set your price $10-$15
lower. Most of the prices quoted above are already significantly below
the prices being asked by parts sellers.

     There is, admittedly, a cost factor to the seller which may go
unnoticed. The seller needs to guarantee that each separate item sold is
in 'good condition'. This is a lot different from selling the whole
system under some vague description like "worked okay last time I
checked" or, worse, "working when removed from classroom service".

     Really, though, there is not much question that a seller who is
willing to go to the bother of breaking up the system and checking out
each separate component for sale can get a lot more than the price of
the system as a single item.
 

 
> On a totally unrelated subject, my original battery is still keeping time
> for a machine bought at the beginning of 87. Strange. World record perhaps?
> My mac's lasted less than 2 years.

     I don't know about 11 years being a world record. Slight
differences in circuit characteristics along with factors like storage
temperature can make a big difference in battery life.

     I've never actually had a computer battery fail. We replaced the
one on our Woz GS several years ago just because Nite Owl wanted a
review of their 'Slip-on' battery for Computist. Of course, batteries
hardly ever fail on a PC because the whole motherboard gets swapped out
every 2-3 years.


 
Rubywand