Re: IIe Platinum rarity?

["Charlie" <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message 
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> Charlie wrote:
>> "schmidtd" <schmidtd@my-deja.com> wrote in message 
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>> On Mar 18, 1:24 pm, nntha...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> They're common as hell - but good luck finding one whose case hasn't
>>> turned the color of coffee-with-cream.
>>
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>> Common indeed.  They're the longest-running II produced by Apple:
>> http://apple2history.org/history/appy/ahc.html
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>>
>> Although the chart shown is probably correct that the platinum //e is the 
>> longest-running II produced it may not be completely accurate as to the 
>> length of time others before it were produced.  For instance the chart 
>> shows the II ending when the production of the Apple II+ (first quarter 
>> of 1979) but in fact the Apple II was actively marketed well into 1980 
>> (third quarter and maybe longer) along with the Apple II+.
>
> The actual end date for Apple II availability may be dealer-dependent.
> I was offered the option by Computerland at the end of December, 1980.
>
> -michael

Maybe.  I went to four computer stores (the only ones I knew about within an 
hour's drive) in August of 1980 and all four had both for sale.  I ended up 
buying an Apple ][+ from a little store that operated out of an old basement 
in Princeton, NJ.  Although the prices varied from store to store, there was 
never a discount for the older model.

Charlie