[vcf-midatlantic] I guess another Apple 1 is up for Sale

[corey cohen]

One more thing also.  Many Apple-1 boards had mods or damage so the cleaner, less molested, the better is becoming important.  

corey cohen
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> On Mar 16, 2017, at 9:25 AM, corey cohen <coreyvcf at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Well some original components are still available, not all.  Some similar replacement parts are avail, but non date correct are avail.    It is still exactly like a vintage car because you may have to sacrifice a less rare model to get things up and running.  
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> Going forward it's more about originality for a running unit and what original accessories are with it.  Too many of the known working Apple-1 have replacement electrolytic big blue caps with date codes in the 80's.  
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>  Also we are starting to see some of the "Apple" defective boards coming out.  Some of them never ran.   I'm helping someone out with one of those now.  It's a lot more than simply replacing components.  
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> corey cohen
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>> On Mar 16, 2017, at 9:08 AM, mike willegal via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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>> When I first started the registry, remarkably few Apple 1s had been powered up in any recent timeframe.    Since then, a lot more have been turned up, so to speak.  I started just logging the most recent time each one had been known to be operated.  Since replacement components are still available, I currently consider the number kind of meaningless, since with little to a lot of effort, any one of them could be operated.  It's not like some vintage airplanes or cars, where some key components may not be available to repair a broken unit.
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>> regards,
>> Mike Willegal