23 Jan
2002
23 Jan
'02
4:33 p.m.
If any one wants to part with an Apple II parts please contact me...I'm
in dire need of a II+ motherboard (or complete unit) and the associated
other bits (floppy controller, memory board, etc - a 3.3 boot disk
wouldn't be so bad either). I'll pay a reasonable amount + shipping.
-Chandra
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Richard Erlacher
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 8:46 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Apple II boards
The things take up lots of valuable space, yet aren't of much value if
you
don't learn what you can. You can learn a few things from an Apple-era
computer, but not if you don't pay attention. Just getting a bunch of
boards
and trying to run them without knowing what's going on is a sure way to
waste
a bunch of space and time, and produce no useful knowledge.
It's true that Apple II sorts of computers are not worth a lot of money.
I
bought one with two disk drives yesterday for $8. Of course, I did this
just
to get the PSU, which I consider to be the only part worth fiddling
with,
nowadays.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Smith" <csmith(a)amdocs.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:15 PM
Subject: RE: Apple II boards
could
do things right and the world could have one more functional machine.
than
that.
-----Original
Message-----
From: Lawrence LeMay [mailto:lemay@cs.umn.edu]
Thats starting to sound a bit like white-coat
syndrome. These
computers
are not rare artifacts to be hidden away behind glass walls,
only to be
touched by the neophites in white lab coats, you know. Go ahead and
experiment, heck throw the completely wrong hardware in and cause a
major short circuit! And in so doing, know that you can
Well, I'd _rather_ not do that. :) It seems kind of a waste when you always get another
apple ][+ or 3 for about $5 (if not for free, heaven knows i
keep getting
offered the things...)
I hope that they remain that common into the foreseeable future.
Cmon, what could possibly be less valuable than
an Apple ][+?
A C64 perhaps...
Possibly, with an IBM peesee XT generally coming in as less valuable
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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