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Re: A2 on eBay



Mark Percival wrote:
rob wrote:

What's the deal with this auction ? Does the box add that much value
to the price ?


The seller has in the description that this is a 1978 vintage Apple ][.
 Upon closer examination it is clear that it isn't.  The keyboard is
wrong, the serial number is too high and the date code on the
motherboard appears to be 8006.  That tells me that this is a 1980
Apple ][.  If the bidding went this high because of the 1978 claim,
then the buyer is going to be disappointed.

I noticed that too, but it is quite common for a seller to list a
copyright date as if it were a date of manufacture.  ;-(

-michael

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