On Jul 25, 2009, at 11:13 AM, Mac Book wrote:
> I was given two brand new Network Server's today, are they worth > anything? > The ANS was available, and was a current product, from February 1996 to April 1997, an extremely short period, barely 14 months. They cost well north of $10,000, for the basic configuration, and the features were priced accordingly. Figure on $15,000 for a minimally usable configuration. Not withstanding the standard PCI bus and the presence of the Apple Desktop Bus, ADB, these were NOT Macs, and had very little compatibility with Mac add-ons. Usually, the proprietary RAID and Fiberchannel cards were used for expansion beyond the internal and hot-pluggable UW-SCSI drives. There are NO standard components within an ANS, save the standard 300i (ANS 500) or 600i (ANS 700) CD drive and the standard "Super Drive" floppy drive (both models). Brand-new examples would have brought about $400-$500, about a decade ago, 1999, or about two to three years after the product was discontinued (and was abandoned) by Apple. All existing stock was eventually sent to an Apple-authorized liquidator/destructor, and most were simply destroyed. I guess that increases their "rarity", but they couldn't have been that rare as I own nearly a dozen such units. > These were giving by a business. I would like to know their value, > and If selling them on ebay is worth it? They are worth what they are worth to a gen-u-wine buyer who has an interest in them, and the ability to remove them from your premises, as they are both bulky and heavy. There are NO accessories available for them, these having been sent to the crushers by Apple a long time ago. Forget trying to sell them on eBay. The last auction for them brought barely more than the minimum bid, assuming a $0.99 minimum. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
