First, for millenia people have obtain items for the best price they could and sold them for as much as they could - it is the cornerstone of business and often survival for some.
Second, try Apple II group as there may be some there that might be more interested in running their Apple II software on an LC. They are more likely to have Apple II software to use on one than people in this group (with exceptions, of course). On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:01 PM, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]>wrote: > Wow, you right, I'm totally 'hoarding' the Apple IIe cards, ha! > > Then I'll sell them for 1 billion dollars. > > Seriously, did I sound like I was out to make a quick buck? > > I hope I didn't. > > Several of you have mentioned that the machines are next to worthless on > the market. But I paid for most of these that I collected at least in > shipping about $20-$50 each. > > Maybe you all are sitting next to a 'hoard' of LC type machines? I live > in Utah and haven't seen many these looking in recyclers shops, > craigslist or anything else. I guess I'm just unlucky? > > Again, my idea was to merge the nostalgia of the Apple II with the love > of the 68k macs in these LC type units that have the Apple IIe card. > > That's why I have a few of the Apple IIe cards and they cost me about > $40 each or so plus shipping. > > Can't find any of the cables anywhere on the lists or eBay and I've been > looking around. > > Seriously though, I'm probably going to start another project after this > one making those cables so we can match them up with all the cable-less > IIe cards. There are always cards available on eBay that don't have the > cable (or even software), and I'm sure there are a few people out there > with cards without the cables too. > > And I guess it's not marketable to have the capacitors replaced in these > if I pay $10 and spend the time on them? I figured someone would > appreciate that it might last longer, but maybe is just a selling > feature. > > Anyway I am not planning on making a side job out of this, just messing > around for fun on about 10 units then calling it quits (my sons love > learning about the hardware and software and buying/selling stuff). > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of D. Finnigan > Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Need some opinions on a few projects I'm working on (LONG) > > > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:26:07 -0600, "Sterling Jacobson" > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I've picked up 11 of these units from the list, ebay and other means > and > > only one of them had the cable.... > > > > Is that what everyone else is seeing, or am I missing something? > > > > We're seeing that you're hoarding IIe cards, and then plan to sell them > for more than you paid for them, according to what you've said so far. > > :-( > > -- > ----- > 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 [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2845 - Release Date: 04/30/10 > 05:34:00 > > -- > ----- > 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 [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- ----- 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 [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
