Hello,

--- On Wed, 9/29/10, LC_575 <[email protected]> wrote:

>I was totally amazed at what I found:
> 
> 1. A Mac Plus
> 2. at least 5 Apple II's, one was a IIgs, one was an
> original.
> 3. A Performa 6300CD
> 4. Just for the sake of mentioning it, an IBM PCjr.
> 5. Two LC I/II/III's
> 6. Several 5.5 inch Apple disk drives.

I have to ask: does the PCjr you salvaged have the infamous chiclet-style 
keyboard?  Or the replacement model (the one that has keycaps resembing those 
of a traditional keyboard)?

The PCjr keyboard and that of the Plus are interesting contrasts.  The keyboard 
that came with the Plus was sold in an era in which consumers had high 
expectations for keyboards.  The PCjr, OTOH, failed in part because the 
keyboard was, by and large, an exercise in cost-cutting (and Ghod, does it 
show!).

(I don't suppose any of the Apple //s were //c's were they?)  

>Sadly, the Mac Plus is beat up (it has either coffee or oil caked onto
>the case on the front),

If you have the time and the tools, it might make a good project machine, 
anyway.  I'm sorry to hear that the cosmetic condition is less than it could 
be, but still, a Plus w/keyboard is a pretty nice find.


Best,

James Fraser

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