I'd like to share a little story of a Mac rescue, and then ask a question regarding the item : ).
A while ago I saved a Mac Plus from a friend who was clearing their attic, and I have to say I was quite taken aback by the set; one platinum Mac Plus, 40mb external SCSI drive, platinum keyboard, platinum mouse, instruction manual and of course original OS/utilities disks in their paper wallet. Amazingly, everything seemed in prime physical condition. I was even more surprised when I booted it up to that familiar chime and quickly booted to desktop off the SCSI drive. After a bit more testing I found that all the floppies worked fine too. According to the owner, they bought it new in '88 and used it every now and then for word processing up to around 1995, when they bought a Power Mac 8500 (which I was lucky enough to get as well). The machine seems to be well enough looked after, and has no issues with Capacitors or anything usually associated with Macs of that age. The documentation and such is in great condition too. The only issue I can see is that the keyboard is missing a '1' key. Now for the question - How much do you think it's worth in monetary terms? I'm currently doing some clearing of my own, and I'm wondering if it's worth selling (before you say anything, I have quite a nice Beige Plus already, so I'm a little overloaded). I'd really only sell the machine if it's worth anything real, otherwise it'll be bagged and go back in the cupboard to put on some more value ; ). I'm assuming that an original set (one owner) in such good condition must be worth something. Hopefully you experts will be able to help out. Cheers, Nick -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
