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Re: A2 on eBay
Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
I finally had a chance to dig out and examine an Apple ][ given to me
several years back. Turns out to have serial #1478 on motherboard,
You probably know this, but thats a date code - week 14, 1978.
Potentially hundreds of machines could have that same number, so it's
not a serial number but a reference to a date in history.
#1195 on the chassis. Bus connectors are green with projecting mounting
Now thats significant. There is a chance your motherboard is not the
original one that came with that chassis - but it's old enough still to
be valuable.
ears. Support chips are all dated '77 (with autostart ROMs installed
and some newer memory chips). The power supply has a mini toggle switch
instead of the more familiar rocker. The keyboard is a single PC board
(no decoder card) with "November 11, 1977" stamped on the bottom. And,
yes, it works. On power-up, it displays "garbage" on screen. If I hit
reset, it emits a "beep" and announces "Apple ][" with a ']' prompt.
It was given to me with a January, 1978 "Red book" and November, 1977
Applesoft Reference (Blue book).
Still have the blue book? Thats great!
The unit is absolutely mint, with no chips or scrapes and, best of all,
no case yellowing!
This is by far the oldest Apple ][ I've ever laid eyes on and am curious
as to what others have to say about its pedigree and potential
collectors value.
You are the envy of everyone here for sure. Value? 2-3 thousand at
least. It's been upgraded which isn't -=bad=- but from a collecting
standpoint, it slightly devalues it.
Would love to see pics of it - so we can all oooooh, aaaaaah over it.