22 Apr
2009
22 Apr
'09
9:55 p.m.
Richard wrote:
Seems reasonably priced at $99.99
On the plus side:
1) it's the cleanest looking 3000 I've ever seen,
2) the seller's mention of video connectors shouldn't be an issue; it
shouldn't prove a problem for any PC workstation display that supports SoG I
would think.
On the minus side:
1) hard disk and/or PSU and/or all manner of esoteric parts might be faulty,
2) I don't see any mention (surprise, surprise) of a Domain keyboard in the
auction listing - what a pain if the seller actually does have it ("re-PC"
suggests an equipment recycler) and have managed to lose it amongst a pile of
other non-Apollo keyboards! :-(
... my gut feeling is that $50 would be nearer the mark for something that's
untested and is missing its keyboard; it'd be good for someone who already had
a complete DN3000 and wanted to make up a nice, working example along with a
spares cache.
(wonder where the seller got it from if they are just a recycler? The machine
looks to have an ATR network board, and I bet it was rare anyway for a site to
just buy a single Apollo - wherever it came from probably had a few originally)
cheers
Jules