Re: Apple II+ keyboard cables

[Nama <forums6000@mac.com>]

On Sep 29, 11:39 am, Nama <forums6...@mac.com> wrote:
> On Sep 29, 10:52 am, David Wilson <mcs6...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sep 29, 12:02 am, Nama <forums6...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> > > Does anyone know where I can order just one or two keyboard cables for
> > > my Apple II and Apple II+, or does anyone have a couple spare?
> > > I'm not based in the US so it'll have to be somewhere/someone that
> > > would be willing to ship to me here in Tokyo.
>
> > Here in Australia I think I can make them for less than A$10 each. The
> > plugs cost ~$4 while the cable is ~$2 per metre.
>
> >http://www.altronics.com.au/index.asp?area=item&id=P4220http://www.al...
>
> > If you cannot get anyone closer let me know and I will find out how
> > much postage would add.
>
> Thanks Dave,
> Thats great! As you say, If I can't find anything closer I'll come
> knocking.
> You would think that stuff like this would be easy to get in Tokyo's
> Akihabara (electronic district), but I've scoured the place (and I
> know the area well) and can't find anything like this. Most vendors
> look at me as if I've stepped out of some time machine and say there
> is nothing like that anymore. The Japanese are too consumer base, and
> too easily discard the past. Try finding a Taito Space Invader
> Cocktail here, almost impossible, but if you do you'll be paying
> easily over $1000 for it.

Sorry...as a comparison, thats more than twice the price of what you
can get it in the US for.
A few years ago I used to make decent money buying old macs from ebay
and selling them on Japan's Yahoo auction. I could easily double my
money, even taking into account shipping cost. But now shipping prices
are higher and the returns aren't quite good enough to make me go
through all the effort.