LEAST valuable collectibles (was: Apple II boards

From: Bryan Pope <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
Date: Thu Jan 24 12:51:53 2002

>
> Careful now! ... Current printers won't work properly with any of the pre-ECP
> computers of the '70's, will they? Once IBM started fiddling with the Epson
> version of the Centronics interface, the "old" types were orphaned. My old
> Ampro won't even talk to a current (post-1985) "Centronics" printer since it
> doesn't support all the signals that those guys expected to see. I had to
> disconnect several lines in a cable just to get a late-'80's printer to work
> at all with the old Ampro Little Board.

Are there any companies out there still making dot-matrix tractor-feed
printers?


>
> Current generation monitors won't work with the old NTSC-compatible computers
> either. You have to have the old-style NTSC monitor, or a TV with a video
> input. Those old LEEDEX or BALL monitors are really scarce these days. If
> you want an authentic or even authentic-looking system, you've got to have the
> right sort of monitor.

Ha! My 1902a monitor attached to my C128 just got a little more valuable! ;)
Is it just me or is the screen not as clear on the 1902a (when the 128 is in
64 mode) as I remember my 64 hooked up to a 1702?

Cheers,

Bryan


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
> To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:55 AM
> Subject: LEAST valuable collectibles (was: Apple II boards
>
>
> > Lawrence LeMay said:
> > > Cmon, what could possibly be less valuable than an Apple ][+? A C64
> > > perhaps...
> >
> > monitors!
> >
> > non-current printers
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Jan 24 2002 - 12:51:53 GMT