Apple _1_ on ebay???

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On Fri, 1 Jul 2005, Bill Sudbrink wrote:

> > Two great reasons to not mention it:
> >  o The depressed price (now, anyway) makes eBay
> >    look fantastic for a collector, and half the list would have
> >    to vehemently disagree with that conclusion.
> >  o Every last person discovering this listing (except you <g>)
> >    would keep it a secret so as to hold the price down.
>
> Believe me, I considered #2 (above).  However:
>
> 1) It has been in a banner ad for five days.

?

> 2) It has 20 bids on it including a couple of known ebay "deep pocket"
>    bidders.

So?  It's been shown time and again that some of these deep pockets have
more money than brains, so why should their interest in it be any
indicator of authenticity?

> My real question was whether anybody really thought it was a _1_ and
> what the bidding would go to if it was.  For the record, I'm pretty
> sure that it is NOT an OSI product.  The keyboard is not right for OSI.

It has what looks to be holes drilled in a circular arrangement on the
upper right-hand side, probably for a speaker mounted underneath.  I've
never, ever, ever seen any Apple-1 with a speaker.  There are three knobs
along the left side that look like potentiometers.

I'm sure everyone bidding thinks it's a 1.  Otherwise, why the hell would
anyone pay $305 (so far) for an Apple //e unless they're stupid?

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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