Re: Are Apple II+ memory chips with apple logo valuable?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Quadrajet1 wrote:

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>  More valuable?  Maybe they're worth 6 cents each instead of 5 cents.  I
>don't
>think it adds too much value.  Apple never sold Apple branded memory, I
>believe
>the Apple logo was put on those RAM chips to verify that Apple installed RAM
>was in the motherboard for warranty issues.  And they put that small logo on
>everyone's RAM chips they used, not just Mostek. And they didn't do it too
>long, I remember seeing some of the original //e's with it.

But Apple did sell Apple-stamped memory through its dealers--and
they did charge about 2x-3x the going price from distributers.

Two weeks after buying my 16KB Apple ][ plus I bought another
32KB from JDR for $60 (in January of 1981), when Apple still
wanted $100 per 16KB.

As you point out, they never obscured the original manufacturers'
markings.  Their stamp did allow them to offer their warranty on
the chips they sold (as much as you could ever warrant anything
in an open computer  ;-).

-michael

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