How much is a partial Lisa worth?

From: Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
Date: Sat Jul 7 09:33:19 2001

> > The former; these things are being bought up by Mac fans as
> > part of the Mac's heritage.
>
> That's the only reason I'd have any interest in it. I remember playing
> with a Lisa right about the time the 128K Mac showed up. My oldest Mac
> is a 512Ke that my mother bought new, full-price as a 512K and paid to
> upgrade (new ROMs, double-sided drive).

My same exact experience...

> I'm also a big Motorola 68K fan. One of my favorite jobs ever was hacking
> COMBOARDs in assembly and C (8Mhz 68000 w/32K SRAM up to 2Mb DRAM).

I'd worked with the IBM ARTIC card; it was 80186-based, but it would
have been so much cooler and easier to program for had it been a 68k-
based board.
 
> > Honestly, in better times, I'd probably pay up to $250. These aren't
> > those times...
>
> No kidding. The seller is a Mac shop that's closing its doors. Most of his
> stuff is overpriced, so I assumed that this was too - he's asking $300. I
> did pick up a couple of Asante boxy SCSI<->Ethernet adapters, complete with
> docs, cables and software for $8, bare box only, $5. I want to turn an SE
> or Plus into a localtalk gateway with that software from Apple's ftp site
> that has been mentioned here once or twice.

I've got one of those from another manufacturer; Nova or something similar.
 
> I'll go back to the sale on Sunday and see what hasn't moved and offer the
> guy about 20% of his asking prices on some stuff and see how bad he wants
> to sell it.

Sounds like a plan.

Regards,
-dq
Received on Sat Jul 07 2001 - 09:33:19 BST