As I see that, it's more a matter on how you take it than a matter of
money. After all, it's a hobby, just as classic cars aficionados.
A few years ago I bought my Apple //e Enhanced with a 128 Kb expansion
board, one 5.25" Disk ][ and an original Monitor ][ for 2000 Pesetas
(the old money of Spain), which is roughly equivalent to 12 Euros (yes,
it was a bargain - I only regret I didn't have place at the time to
store the other four Apple //e they wanted to sell). Since then, I think
I have spent about 100 Euros buying parts to expand it (mouse, mouse
card, drives, additional drive contoller cards, serial card...), mostly
because it's impossible to find Apple II parts here in Spain and I have
no option but to buy from USA sellers and pay for international
shipping. Many people think it's a lot of money for a 20-year-old computer.
At the end, I have ended with a fully expanded Apple //e. The cost has
been a lot higher than if I had bought an old 486 from a trift store,
but I'm sure you appreciate the difference :-) . And being in touch with
many Spanish classic computer collectors, I can assure you that there
are a lot of people that does too (8-bit computers as the Commodore 64
can be sold in classic computing user meetings for up to 50 Euros,
depending on their condition - just because people want to pay for them).
Greetings,
Antonio Rodr�guez (Grijan)
<ftp://grijan.cjb.net:21000/>
J.S. Garrison escribi�:
It's an issue of expense, I'm sure. If you buy a
kinda-running Mac at the thrift store for a few bucks,
it's gonna sadden you to spend a lot to make it run as
normal.
Jeff G
Facere Compositio Ex Congeries
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