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Thinking about it some more -- if you look at the dates on those disks from Marcia Babcock, they are from late January and February 1984 -- an earlier disk like yours might well have been on a blue disk, presumably supplied by Sony -- they probably would not have had all those Apple-logo labels...

Hi again, I'm sorry I didn't include this before -- it was buried in the SE folder for some reason. Thank god for Spotlight. Here is the original photo Mac128 is referring to. This is definitely the machine with the 1987 M0001E label on the back. I don't think there is any question that it is...

I checked and those are the same versions that are on the Write/Paint Tour disk. The System and Finder on that disk are also the same, except that they were both last modified on December 15, 1983. The creation date for the disk itself, however, is December 14, 1983. I tend to think that bodes...

Note that I've changed the wording of my entries on the 1987 512Ke (like Mac128 says, until another 1987 M0001E surfaces we can't really be sure -- this is basically just my prediction of what it will be based on the only example I've ever "seen" -- note that this sort of...

A MacWrite alpha version 1.5 is not inconsistent with a later release version 1.0, so that doesn't mean anything. It just shows how Wigginton numbered his builds. Atkinson and Apple were using a different system at that time. [i've always wondered what they planned to do if the pre-release...

Scott -- actually, I think you've found the thing that pushed me over the edge when it came to deciding whether or not to say the 1987 512Ke was platinum (and to not equivocate about it) -- the fact that there were platinum EDs. So that's a pretty strong indicator of a complete shift over to the...

Here is a 512K/800 box, which I'm going to assume dates to 1987, based on its similarity to the Plus and 512Ke boxes from 1987: I bring this up to point out something the 512Ke and the 512K/800 have in common: the disks and the manual were not updated in 1987. Only the outer box and the...

Hi, Eric Rasmussen here. I can't recall why I decided to say the 1987 512Ke was platinum. I'm usually careful about these things, and try not to make assertions for which I have no proof, but sometimes the temptation is too great. Anyhow, here's what I found in my archives. There is the famous...

I've never seen a "packing list" either -- I believe the photo and list in the Getting Started pamphlet was meant to serve that purpose. One note on that list -- it exposes one of the problematic details on my site. The list shows just one blank disk with the sticker attached. I believe that by...

These are exactly the kinds of issues that any attempt to give useful advice about pricing should probably address. The key question for me is the analog board. If it has a working original 820-0082-B (with the metal shield along the top at BB1) board, that would up the amount I'd pay for it (I...

I agree that 68KMLA needs to delineate a clear policy in this regard. Coping with sharks on eBay is an important dimension of buying 68K Macs these days -- no matter if you're someone who likes messing around with the machines, or trying to get 'pristine' examples for your collection, or both...

Also, I'm not even sure that cardboard insert, with that strip that sticks out the back of it, would even fit into a Sony OA-D34V-series single-sided drive (i.e., the drive used in the 128K and 512K). Been a while since I opened one of these up, and I'm too lazy to do it now, but I don't...

I'm pretty sure the cardboard insert shown in that sale was never part of the 128K or any early Macintosh packaging. I certainly don't remember anything like it. I guess there's a long-shot chance that the Sony drives that shipped to Apple for use inside the Macintosh came with these (i.e...