Re: Dumb question about Ebay auctions and prices (platinum //e)

["brad" <mrbrad@ll.net>]

the most rare //e that i know about was the first //e model..it was maybe
produced the 1st 9months of the //e release date..it essentially was made
the same as a // or //+ case very thick with i think it was white key
caps...you can tell them from the heavy lid and //+ thick walls

the only other thing i can mention is that the apple //e upgrade kit which
allowed you to take a //gs motherboard in a //e case (with backplate and //e
motherboard and //gs label for lid) is prob the most rare //gs product? or
do i call it a //e product?

anyway this //e upgrade kit for making a a //gs out of a //e does NOT fit in
the platinum case..there are also a few cards that don't fit this //e
upgrade to //gs upgrade case also....the cards that do fit usually have the
//e cut corner angle like you see in //e cards..i have 2 of these upgrades
and remember having to occasionally send a card back because of this

only other thing i can think of is i tried to swap the //e power supply from
a //e platinum unit (it basically looks like a small //gs power supply alum)
into a standard //e case...it fit but the power leads were not as long as
the old ones on the non-platinum //e's ...thought this was kinda odd..only
needed about 1" more to make them interchangeable...design overlook i guess

anyway thats what i know more/less about plat //e's

brad






"Lockar" <lockar@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>    Is the Platinum //e really that rare?  I was just wondering because
> every time I look to see what's on E-Bay I always see these having high
> bids.  For example:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2772223254&category=4
> 610
>
>    Now, I bought a Platium //e two years ago, unopened for $15 shipped.
> The sad part is, I didn't open the box until this last Monday.  And it
> actually was unopened //e.  So I guess I don't know why it's 'rare'..
> :/
>
>     -Lockar
>