HoJoPo
Veteran Member
I just purchased an early Apple ][ plus (one of the first to be shipped to Canada), system serial number A2S2 - 68931, motherboard serial number 8010. Very little use, it was bought new for a project in 1979 then never used, so it's almost like new for a 32 year old computer.
It has a 16k language card in it, Mountain Hardware clock, and disk ][ controller. The ribbon cable on the Disk ][ is the multi-colored "rainbow" version, so it's pretty early as well. Two disk ]['s are included, one with the rainbow cable, the other is missing the cable, but he's throwing in a 20 pin to 20 pin cable that should work.
I also picked up two new in box Disk ][ drives off of eBay before I found the plus, another Disk ][ card, along with another Mountain clock (which I'll put in my //e).
Now I just need to find a good 80 column card, Epson APL printer card and a good FX-80 to go with it (or possibly a Silentype, the first personal computer I worked on was a ][ plus with Silentype.)
If the other Disk ]['s weren't new in box, I'd consider taking them apart and mounting them inside a PC/XT case with a IIgs motherboard, aiming to make a system that looks like a PC XT, but is actually an Apple. I just happen to have a spare Rom 01 motherboard handy....
It has a 16k language card in it, Mountain Hardware clock, and disk ][ controller. The ribbon cable on the Disk ][ is the multi-colored "rainbow" version, so it's pretty early as well. Two disk ]['s are included, one with the rainbow cable, the other is missing the cable, but he's throwing in a 20 pin to 20 pin cable that should work.
I also picked up two new in box Disk ][ drives off of eBay before I found the plus, another Disk ][ card, along with another Mountain clock (which I'll put in my //e).
Now I just need to find a good 80 column card, Epson APL printer card and a good FX-80 to go with it (or possibly a Silentype, the first personal computer I worked on was a ][ plus with Silentype.)
If the other Disk ]['s weren't new in box, I'd consider taking them apart and mounting them inside a PC/XT case with a IIgs motherboard, aiming to make a system that looks like a PC XT, but is actually an Apple. I just happen to have a spare Rom 01 motherboard handy....