Re: Who can I trust to sell me a decent IIe or IIgs?

[jamiekg@slingshot.co.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet)]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<Qc2dnQrTyrm0xnGi4p2dnA@comcast.com>...
> "Jamie Kahn Genet" <jamiekg@slingshot.co.nz> wrote in message 
> 36d65891.0312260632.f4a39b@posting.google.com">news:36d65891.0312260632.f4a39b@posting.google.com...
> : Hi there. 
> :  
> : I'm looking to buy an Apple IIe and/or IIgs and wonder who the csa2
> : regulars would recommend I buy from? Should I just pick an Ebay action
> : at random or are there respected outlets that will sell me a machine
> : for a decent price?
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> : <http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs5MAINHALL.html#010> and
> : <http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/A2FAQs5MAINHALL.html#013> give
> : recommended configurations for both models. Is there anyone who would
> : simply be able to sell me one of those configurations or will I have
> : to hunt down parts and upgrades from multiple vendors or individuals?
> 
> I've bought from private individuals and from eBay, and 
> I must say that with eBay you take a chance more than 
> from an individual. You might find someone with a //e 
> that is already set up with everything you need, but 
> for the most part we buy a bare machine and find the 
> parts needed to make them go. I have spare motherboards, 
> floppy controllers and 80 column/64K ram cards for //e, 
> and have had trouble finding cases for them. Seems that 
> the cases and keyboards take a nasty beating and many of 
> them are discarded. I'd like to find these and rebuild 
> them to offer to people such as yourself who is looking 
> for a system ready to go, but as I said, parts are easy 
> to find, it's the cases and such that seem to be thin. 
> I have several IIgs rom-1 machines here, a few 1 mb RAM 
> cards, so, I can get you that far. The disk drives will 
> connect directly to the smartport of the IIgs so no extra 
> controllers are needed, however, to run a IIgs with the 
> GUI (GS/OS), you'll need some type of hard drive. There 
> is still available a newer device that works with a 
> hard drive or a Compact Flash card called CFFA. I can 
> supply you the link to this if you'd like. I use them 
> and have 64 MB in my //e and 128 MB in the IIgs. I will 
> soon be upgrading the IIgs to 256 MB and the //e to 128. 
> Then the 64 MB will be used in another machine. I can't 
> really offer any more info than that. If you should need 
> any advice in the future, let us know and we'll try to 
> help. 
> 
> Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-) 
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> Email - willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net
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So step one is finding a decent case. Then build around that. Ok. Can
you tell me how much you'd charge for a IIgs? Is a ROM-1 gs a better
choice than a ROM-3 (compatibility?)?

Do you still sell pre-formatted HDs? That link to the Flash cards
would be most appreciated. Thanks.

Cheers,
 Jamie Kahn Genet

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