Re: A2 on eBay

[scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <MJ-dnTiCVYN9_kbZnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d@adelphia.com>,
Steven N. Hirsch <shirsch@adelphia.net> wrote:
>Mark Percival wrote:
>> Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
>>> 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.
>> 
>> Its a pretty good one to have, Steve.  An authentic 1977 produced Apple
>> ][ is something any collector would want.  It sounds like a Rev 0
>> motherboard too.  You should boot up a color hi-res program to see if
>> it can only display green, violet, black and white.  Only the original
>> unmodified motherboards would be unable to display blue and orange in
>> hi-res mode.
>
>Believe it or not, in 23 years of involvement with Apple 2 machines I
>never used a color display on a ][, ][+ or //e.  I doubt I even own a
>color monitor with a composite input.

Your TV should have a composite input, unless it's as old as your II. :-)
Plug it into your TV long enough to determine if you get four colors or six.

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