Re: Apple ][ identification (follow up)

[Mitchell Spector <mitch2gs@hotmail.com>]

"Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote:

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>> Actually, this 128K Mac surprises me even more:
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>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180104666506
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>> I tend to think of these as "I'll give you $5 to take it away" machines.
>> I guess most of these are in landfills now...
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>As a computer, the original 128k mac is pretty limited. But this one is in 
>nice condition, has all the books, and I think the tour of the macintosh 
>cassette tape is pretty rare.

    I found a Mac 128, in excellent condition, for $4 at my neighbour 
thrift shop (it must have just been donated moments before I walked 
in, seeing as it was by the front entrance and still sitting in boxes).
That's about all it was worth to me personally.

    Got the original case, keyboard and a later model beige Apple 
800K external drive. A few weeks later I went back and found 
the missing keyboard cable and the original System disk floppies, 
and in my parts box an original Mac 128 mouse I picked up years
before and forgot about! I was a bit disappointed however to find 
out the previous owner installed a Mac 512e motherboard (with 
1 MB installed) along with a newer double-sided 800K floppy drive. 
My original 1978 Apple II (serial #11985) was also unfortunately 
upgraded during its lifetime to a "II Plus" but at least it was just 
the ROMs, which I've replaced all but one so far. One of these 
days I'll hopefully find the parts to restore the Mac 128 and my
Apple II back to their original state.

I snapped a few pictures after cleaning it up a few months back:
http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/1011935~722b4f9c0e6b907e7ab927336f35411a/Macintosh%20128%20system.jpg
http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/1011936~cba11ef8d7a3fc03a4441aac5bdd383d/Macintosh%20128%20back.ipg.jpg
http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/1011937~cc899782a4eea9f1d2887b6debe18ab9/Mac%20screen.jpg

Mitchell Spector