The "gray" rather than black color suggests that it was left outdoors for at
least a season, or in the window for a year or two. They were originally black.
I doubt that will affect things much, though. It's the innards that matter.
What all's inside this critter?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Clark" <aclark_at_enviroweb.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: Belle & Howell Apple II
> If in excellent condition, these units can fetch $100+ on Ebay. I've been
> collecting Apple ][ & /// computers for over three years now, and I have
> yet to see one "in the wild" or see a decent one sold online for a
> reasonable price. They are very sought after machines in the vintage Apple
> market. While their "absolute scarcity" may not be that high (in the
> technical meaning of the term), I can personally attest to their "relative
> scarcity."
>
> If you have a nice one to sell, I have some nice cash.
>
> Arthur Clark
>
>
> At 09:51 PM 4/15/01 -0400, you wrote:
>
>
> >Rich Lafferty wrote:
> >
> > > [...]
> > >
> > > There are certainly fewer B&H Apple IIs than normal ones, and as we
> > > all know, black computers are faster :-), but I don't think it's
> > > particularly /rare/.
> > >
> >
> >Not particularly rare, but of interest. I sold one on ebay a few months
> >back for
> >$40,
> >that simply powered on (didn't know if it actually worked) and had two keys
> >missing!
> >
> >But even if they sold 100 to 1 compared to their regular Apple II
conterparts,
> >they wouldn't
> >be rare.
> >
> >BTW, the guy I sold it to was into restoring old Apple computers.
> >
> >Eric
> >
> > >
> > > -Rich
> > >
> > > --
> > > ------------------------------ Rich Lafferty ---------------------------
> > > Sysadmin/Programmer, Instructional and Information Technology Services
> > > Concordia University, Montreal, QC (514) 848-7625
> > > ------------------------- rich_at_alcor.concordia.ca ----------------------
>
>
Received on Mon Apr 16 2001 - 00:08:14 BST