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Re: another ebay "what the!?!"



On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:25:54 -0700, Steven Hirsch wrote
(in article <6bKdnVNXfaqP7FnVnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@giganews.com>):

> Silicon Sam wrote:
>> On Sep 7, 1:09 pm, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Mark Frischknecht wrote:
>>>> You may want to put a Ebay WTH seal on this one..
>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140264669846
>>>> Some of the cards are a novelty but a price of $1,200.00 I would not go
>>>> for that.
>>> It _almost_ sounds as if the case was repainted.  If so, that kills the
>>> collector's value.
>>> 
>>> I don't know the decoder key for A2 serial numbers.  Is that likely to be a
>>> Rev 1 motherboard?
>> 
>> No, the early Apple ]['s and ][+'s were painted, instead of colored
>> plastic.  They didn't have the yellowing problem.
> 
> You are quite correct.  I have a genuine Rev. 1 ][ and always assumed it was 
> molded that color.  Just took a close look and it is painted.  Live and 
learn!
> 
> Steve

I asked the seller to look, and the motherboard number in the white box by 
slot one is 8780 and the case is 4720 and the processor is a 6502.

-- Charlie Springer