Speaking of IIe's and disk controllers, I do have to relate the... amusing, sight, I witnessed last time I saw someone selling IIe's at the local Ham Radio flea market. The table was obviously being run by one of those guys that looks at the wishing-price Buy It Nows on eBay and assumes that's the actual market price; he had three or four quite badly beat up IIe's marked at something ridiculous like $75. I popped the cover on one and took a peek inside, and discovered that it had an original Disk II controller in it (the one that uses pin headers to connect the ribbon cables internally) with the stumps of two ribbon cables still attached; whoever had decommissioned/stolen/whatever the unit had either cut or *ripped* the disk drives off instead of opening the case and unplugging them. Suitably shocked and amused I popped the cover on another... and discovered the same thing.

"Go0d JorB!"