*twitch* Apple //c FPD apparently for sale on another forum

#1 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 - 05:32 68kMLA

Okay, I'm a greedy bastard, I'm not going to name the other forum for fear that someone will outbid me. It's not an Apple forum. But someone has posted that they just came in possession of a //c Flat Panel Display, has no use for it, and is wondering how much it's worth...

I haven't seen any go up for sale on FleaBay recently, so I have no clue. Anyone bought or sold one recently? Have any vague gauge on a value? If my "bid" is sufficiently low that I'd feel guilty taking it for that, I'll happily point people in the right direction.

#2 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 - 12:43 68kMLA

Schnazzy! Best of luck in your conquest.

#3 Wed, 1 Sep 2010 - 18:47 68kMLA

It's one of those things that's too uncommon to have a predictable market value... I've seen them go for upwards of $600. If it's the Apple branded one it's got more value to a collector, but I believe the equally rare third-party ones are supposed to be better.

Hopefully the seller doesn't really know what he's got and you can swing a good deal...

#4 Sun, 5 Sep 2010 - 20:20 68kMLA

Seller replied back on the other forum that it's broken, but hasn't replied back again saying HOW. I went ahead and pointed him to both here and the VCF, but haven't seen him post in either location.

#5 Sun, 5 Sep 2010 - 22:06 68kMLA

If he isn't a technical kind of person "broken" could mean just about anything.

#6 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 - 06:47 68kMLA

Yeah, I reiterated my $50 offer. Haven't heard back in a four days. (Admittedly, it is a holiday weekend here in the U.S., and I took a few extra days off, myself; so the delay may not be a sign of anything bad. He did take a week to reply to my first post, after all.)

#7 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 - 07:13 68kMLA

well good luck to you, I would love to have one myself (though I would much rather have that 3rd party one that I can never remember the name of that was a full screen model)

#8 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 - 21:02 68kMLA

Wait, the Apple model wasn't "full screen"? What exactly do you mean?

#9 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 - 21:40 68kMLA

the apple one is a rectangle, weather it shows a full screen display or not ... I thought not, I thought it was only a half screen (or its squashed bigtime)

anyway there was a 3rd party one that had a full 4:3 lcd in it, it was advertised heavily in A+ back when (I will have to dig around my dad's house to see if he still has some of those old magazines)

#10 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 - 22:26 68kMLA

The Apple version does show the full screen, but it is quite squashed.

#11 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 - 23:06 68kMLA

a IIc starting Multiscribe

contrast of the screen should be better

#12 Mon, 6 Sep 2010 - 23:25 68kMLA

third party

C-vue

full screen : Ator 'The Display'

#13 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 - 01:46 68kMLA

YES the (display by) ator!

thank you (I am just 1 tiny shade less nuts now)

#14 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 - 12:07 68kMLA

$595 is damn reasonable for an LCD back in those days.

#15 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 - 05:12 68kMLA

I think one went for $185 on fleaBay recently.