Re: //c system

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

<bbaker4311@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Someone just gave me a //c system.  It looks
almost unused.
> Well anyway everything is in its original boxes.
The boxes
> are a little discolored.  But it usable,
mailable shape.

Great Find, Bruce. A 1st generation unmodified
//c,
with original packaging. Kool!!!!!

> The carrier the //c comes in is much nicer than
the metal
> contraption I had at one time.  That thing must
have weighed
> 50 pounds.  But it allowed you to carry a //e
and two disk
> drives.
>
> This is canvas and padded, light green.  I may
use it for
> my new external disk drive (for pc)
>
> What is truly cool is this thing came with an
imagewriter
> (original in a box that has maybe point of
manufacture postal
> detail on it).  This imagewriter is much lighter
than the ][.
> It looks like one of those Star printers that
came with my
> first apple.

I believe the Imagewriter is parallel, while the
Imagewriter II
is serial. Just an FYI for clarification.

> There  is also an apple modem 300/1200, external
thingie.
> An extra disk drive.  A stand, the monitor is a
small one,
> I have not taken it out of the box.  I assume it
is green
> phosphor.  There are the original manuals and a
box of
> software all originally packaged.  Someone was a
neat freak.
>
> The man who gave it to me says an uncle bought
it back in
> 1980-81 so he thinks it was never upgraded. It
is probably
> a version zero. Motherboard was never upgraded.

That early, and unmodified, I'd have to say it's a
(255/$FF).

You have a great package there.

Bill Garber
Owner - Garberstreet Enterprizez
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com/
Co-owner - GSE-Reactive
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