JamesD Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I'd like to sell this Apple III system I have some disks in a sealed package to go with it but I seem to have left them at the storage unit.I turn it on, the lights in the house dim, the light comes on and I hear the transformer on the power pole whining for relief!Okay, so it just looks big and powerful.I turn it on, the power light comes on the disk light comes on, it whirs and clicks then tells the idiot running it to put in a disk.The monitor is missing a foot.Just checking to see if there is any interest.These weigh a lot! The shipping would be ugly so I'd prefer local pickup. But for the right price and with a little patience... I could ship it.The post office just quoted me $56 for an oversized box to ship the Sinclair 1000 package I just sold via express ( 3 days).No, I'll spend $29 and they will have to wait 6 thanks!It's too big to weigh on my digital scale so I'll probably just hold it and step on the bathroom one for an estimate.People are asking $1500 on ebay, but then they they try to sell TS1000s for $100... oh wait, I just sold one for that.I'm open to reasonable offers, but I will check them against past ebay sales.A screw ebay discount would apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterSky Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Interested, I'm sendind PM to you. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I am interested, I just have no place to put it, or money to buy it lol Good luck, its a nice looking machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 $1500 is not a selling price. It's a show off price. These sale for WAY WAY less. In the couple hundreds, not the thousands. They mostly require power supplies to be recapped or replaced with the ReactiveMicro power supply either now or soon. It may work fine now, but give it a few hours and <<smoke>>. There is a filter cap you can safely remove but the other caps will soon fail. Super excited to see this here though! I have my fill of ///s, unless someone has a working ///+ to pass along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Never understood the attraction of the ///. At best you can turn it into a semi compatible IIe (with and expensive and rare card or two) otherwise it's a limited II+ Combined with an interesting (but software limited) business computer. I suppose it does look cool, but it's not really all that useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 (edited) $1500 is not a selling price. It's a show off price. These sale for WAY WAY less. In the couple hundreds, not the thousands. They mostly require power supplies to be recapped or replaced with the ReactiveMicro power supply either now or soon. It may work fine now, but give it a few hours and <<smoke>>. There is a filter cap you can safely remove but the other caps will soon fail. Super excited to see this here though! I have my fill of ///s, unless someone has a working ///+ to pass along. It depends on whether they are working and what they come with. I just checked the history on ebay, and they have sold for over $1200 with the emulation disk and no monitor. The "for parts or repair" units bring almost $300. . Edited August 13, 2017 by JamesD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Never understood the attraction of the ///. At best you can turn it into a semi compatible IIe (with and expensive and rare card or two) otherwise it's a limited II+ Combined with an interesting (but software limited) business computer. I suppose it does look cool, but it's not really all that useful. In this day and age a II is a bit of a dog if your only interest is a fun machine, so are CPM boxes so are a lot of other machines, dont question the retro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 The disks this comes with are:SYSTEM DEMONSTRATIONSYSTEM UTILITIESSYSTEM UTILITIES DATAAPPLE II EMULATIONAnd they are sealed in the original pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 If the arranged sale falls through, I may have to put it on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 And it fell through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 I guess compared to the $85,000 one on ebay this is a steal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 I guess compared to the $85,000 one on ebay this is a steal I didn't even list an asking price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted August 15, 2017 Share Posted August 15, 2017 I didn't even list an asking priceThat's usually the first mistake when putting something in the marketplace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 That's usually the first mistake when putting something in the marketplace. I was going to but I got an offer right away. But it was from overseas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Okay, I'm told I'm only supposed to have one sales thread at a time. How do I change the title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeguychicago Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 (edited) $1500 is not a selling price. It's a show off price. These sale for WAY WAY less. In the couple hundreds, not the thousands. They mostly require power supplies to be recapped or replaced with the ReactiveMicro power supply either now or soon. It may work fine now, but give it a few hours and <<smoke>>. There is a filter cap you can safely remove but the other caps will soon fail. Super excited to see this here though! I have my fill of ///s, unless someone has a working ///+ to pass along. I thought if you dropped from about 3 foot off the ground, the chips all reseated themselves automatically and everything worked fine Edited August 16, 2017 by bikeguychicago 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 I thought if you dropped from about 3 foot off the ground, the chips all reseated themselves automatically and everything worked fine It's DROP 3 INCHES not drop 3 feet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 It's DROP 3 INCHES not drop 3 feet! same difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesD Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 No way dropping it would reseat those chips. Two chips under the RAM board needed a little pressure to properly seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsterSky Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 I have to withdram my interest. Thank you JamesD for the time you spent evaluating my proposal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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