How much is a partial Lisa worth?

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Fri Jul 6 15:32:16 2001

Actually, a search on eBay, of the recently sold items, should give you a round
number. That will be a starting point from which you can go downward. Doing
that will save you from soiling your hands with an eBay transaction.

Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Quebbeman" <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 2:15 PM
Subject: RE: How much is a partial Lisa worth?


> > --- Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com> wrote:
> > > > What's a good price for most of a Lisa?
> > >
> > > Too much.
> >
> > Do you mean that most people charge too much, or "any" price is too much
> > if it's missing bits?
>
> The former; these things are being bought up by Mac fans as
> part of the Mac's heritage.
>
> > Are keyboards findable? 3.5" 400K disk images with Lisa software? I
> > suspect that a Mac 128K/512K mouse would work (nine-pin, raw quadrature),
> > but keyboards are particular beasts. Anyone ever rig up a PIC scan-code
> > converter?
>
> I've seen just keyboards for sale on E-Bay...
>
> > I realize that I will probably never see a complete Lisa system with
> software,
> > docs and a printer go for $25, but is a base unit with a working monitor
> > and CPU worth $50? $100? More?
>
> Yeah, I'd give you 50 bucks for it...
>
> Honestly, in better times, I'd probably pay up to $250. These aren't
> those times...
>
> Regards,
> -doug q
>
>
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