pball52998
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Received last week but just now getting around to posting it.
Well after searching a bit for a iie, I bit the bullet and decided to gamble on a $100 apple iie off eBay.
What will come with it? Does it really come with monitor?
Opened it up, wrapped decent, would've liked a bit more bubble wrap.
A monitor that didn't get crushed in shipping! No chipped plastic! (Apple iii IC labeled in the background..)
Looks like it belonged to a school system. The Ponway Unified school district to be exact after some research based on address/logo.
Quite yellowed, but adds to the appeal.
Has a serial card and a 5.25 inch drive controller card.
Only one floppy drive and a carton of disks
Won't be using the disks too much as I have a floppy emu.
Loaded a lovely demo up and watched through and listened to some lovely Christmas music through beeps and boops.
It's not perfect, there's sticker residue that I can't get off for the life of me even with googone, the writing from the school district, the yellowing. A big 28 that was taped on top of the montior that seems perma stuck there now.
The R key didn't work at all. I swapped it with the * on the numberpad.
The moment I desoldered it one of the legs fell right off and that one key was incredibly gross. No other key around it. Quite odd.
Every key now works except the * on the numpad though. I plan to keep the school system writing as it shows where this machine was in history.
I love having just a small bit of "this was used in a school system, saved and now in the hand of a collector to have fun with" theme.
Just excited to have a apple iie finally!
Back to slaving away with the apple ///
Well after searching a bit for a iie, I bit the bullet and decided to gamble on a $100 apple iie off eBay.
What will come with it? Does it really come with monitor?
Opened it up, wrapped decent, would've liked a bit more bubble wrap.
A monitor that didn't get crushed in shipping! No chipped plastic! (Apple iii IC labeled in the background..)
Looks like it belonged to a school system. The Ponway Unified school district to be exact after some research based on address/logo.
Quite yellowed, but adds to the appeal.
Has a serial card and a 5.25 inch drive controller card.
Only one floppy drive and a carton of disks
Won't be using the disks too much as I have a floppy emu.
Loaded a lovely demo up and watched through and listened to some lovely Christmas music through beeps and boops.
It's not perfect, there's sticker residue that I can't get off for the life of me even with googone, the writing from the school district, the yellowing. A big 28 that was taped on top of the montior that seems perma stuck there now.
The R key didn't work at all. I swapped it with the * on the numberpad.
The moment I desoldered it one of the legs fell right off and that one key was incredibly gross. No other key around it. Quite odd.
Every key now works except the * on the numpad though. I plan to keep the school system writing as it shows where this machine was in history.
I love having just a small bit of "this was used in a school system, saved and now in the hand of a collector to have fun with" theme.
Just excited to have a apple iie finally!
Back to slaving away with the apple ///