Keatah Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 What's an Apple ///, ///+, parallel card, serial card, profile card, and 2 external drives worth in trade. Not necessarily looking for a $ amount. But perhaps other hardware items that would be II series related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Well I know that I was looking at buying Curt's Apple ///+ setup several years back but he ended up selling it on ebay and I think it went for $750-$800 then. I can only imagine they've gone up since that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejay Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Worth absolutely nothing! Who wants these awful, unreliable, useless machines anyways? I’ll trade ya my IIe for it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor_x Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Pretty machines. I would even enjoy having the case to admire. Even cooler, a 2gs in a /// case (yes, I know - the GS case is drool worthy - but the /// is too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 I've always admired the /// until I learned enough about computers and learned how the market worked. Then it suddenly became so-so. And the II kept coming out with more and more peripherals, like a 10MB HDD, and Pro-DOS, and interesting internal modems like the Apple-Cat II. Mockingboards and clock cards. Memory cards and DHGR on the //e and MouseText. So many add-ons and enhancements that were actually used too. I wanted one as a kid, of course. And all my memories of it were generated vicariously through Apple literature like the Apple-In-Depth catalogs. But as time moved into the mid-80's I lost interest in it. I figured it was a machine that passed me by, or I passed by it. I wouldn't get one till the early ebay days when they moved for like $50. Today I wonder about gutting one or two (as the platform is useless) to build a 3-point emulation rig. SFFPC i9, MiSTer DE10 nano, and R-Pi. The case is big. I can replace the keyboard with modern a modern PC part. And the slanted faceplate would make for custom control panel with knobs and buttons and blinken lites. I thought of doing the same thing with an IMSAI or Altair too. Even those bulky-ass, otherwise useless, TRS-80 Model IIIs. All for the same reasons. Spaciousness, vintage appeal. Something different because I can. So far all have remained thought exercises when it comes to a 3-in-1. And that's just fine by me. One day one certain look and configuration will inspire me to pluck down $2000 and do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamgroot Posted March 2, 2022 Share Posted March 2, 2022 I think the biggest appeal to them yet is that not enough is known about them than no-one has written an emulator for them yet. To have a big and bulky machine to move around when one moves is kind of a hindrance to owning one. But would at least be nice to be able to program on an emulator of one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 There was one for Mac called Sara and MAME emulates it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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