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What is this Apple II Worth?

· Peripherals · 7 posts · Nov 21, 2008 — Nov 22, 2008 View original thread ↗

#1 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 - 00:56

Take a look at this Apple II, especially the picture, and if anyone here has some estimates as to what it's worth, I would like to know:

Apple II Plus #034, one drive disk II, cards disk II 1978, parallel, language.here's the interior. joystick cable to DB9. Motherboard 606-X[0548] handstamped, has chips dated early 1982 (8210). Keyboard has one bad key. Powers up. shows Apple II prompt, seeks drive. Keyboard works OK has 605-X105 encoder card.

Outside: http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/ap2_iiplus_1.jpg

Notice how it is missing a key, and the reset is out of place! I sent him an email and he wouldn't tell me which key was bad.

Now, I offered $20 for the Apple II plus with no cards, and $4 for the Disk ][ card. He said it should be worth $40 for the II and $10 for the card. I already have 2 disk drives, so I'd be buying JUST the II and the controller card. Do you agree with that, keeping in mind it's got a keyboard problem?

#2 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 - 05:06

Seems high to me. But then again, a quick scan of eBay confirms that astronomical prices for Apple II stuff seem to be the 'in' thing right now. I'd bet someone here would have one for less, no?

#3 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 - 05:12

All of Herb Johnson's stuff is overpriced.

#4 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 - 06:18

Last I heard, Apple II prices are starting to get up there. But you're right, the missing keycap is a cosmetic problem at the very least and a functional problem at worst. (IIRC, the missing keycap is the reset key. Which is fine if the key still works, since you don't exactly use it while touch typing and you could still reset the machine without power cycling.)

The other thing to be wary of are potential problems. These machines are getting close to 30 years old. Oxidation has been a problem for years. Fortunately that is easy to clean up, but it does take some work. The II+ that I recently gave away had a dying PSU, presumably because the caps were at the end of their life. Again, you can expect to refurbish that component. In otherwords, only spend the money if you are willing to devote time to fixing it.

#5 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 - 19:20

All of Herb Johnson's stuff is overpriced.

I kinda had that thought too, but it's really odd because he has this note on the Apple II's for sale page:

These items are priced cheap, here for the convenience of my customers. We've identified them as best as we can, demand and prices are too low to mess with them further.

#6 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 - 22:25

The pricing there is reasonable in my opinion. $50 total equates to about £25 and most Apple II gear goes for way more than that here.

#7 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 - 05:48

Seems okay to me too... a ][+ is getting to be relatively rare these days. I've seen crappy IIe's sell for more.