“On Thursday night, Kathryn and I unboxed my latest Ebay acquisition: an Apple IIc,” Dan Budiac writes on Flickr.
Budiac writes, “There are many vintage Apple II computers available for auction, but this one is special: It’s never been opened. Ever. It hasn’t seen the light of day since before it was shipped on May 5th, 1988.”
“I wrestled with whether I should open the box, or store it and let it accrue collector’s value. In the end, I decided that the reason for my purchase wasn’t financial,” Budiac writes. “My very first computer was an Apple IIc, and I can’t see wanting to part with this computer, ever.”
Full photo spread here.
If I could only find a mint-in-box Vic 20… {sigh}
Wow, that is fantastic. I would have opened it too. I is worth way more as something to play with than as a “collector’s piece”.
I got an Apple II a while ago. The original thing, not the II+, even with the low serial number, and some SN’s corrected with pen, with the old stencil manuals with the whole schematics.
It wasn’t mint like this one, but it has the original shipping box, manuals, packing (blue foam), the whole thing.
I can relate to the joy.
Steve Jobs should send him a topped out Mac Pro and a MacBook Air. He’s done Apple at least that amount worth in advertising.
Beautiful! I am jealous.
That’s some nice, mature geek porn. I liked the shot of him fingering the keyboard.
About 5 years ago, I threw away a Powerbook 100, and not a month later saw an ad from a person willing to pay $800 for one.
Stupid, huh! It even worked.
Wow, that’s awesome. I just got a IIc last weekend, but it wasn’t so mint.
Me = jealous
Wonder how much??? $$$$$$$$$$
She looks better than most twenty years old sealed in a box since birth.
Where do I plugin my iPod Vinyl?
I remember using IIc’s back in my high school days.
I was always looked forward to writing papers just so I could use the IIc’s.
way cool
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIc
Memory capacity: 128kb up to 1.125 MEGABYTES of RAM! Woooooo!
Let’s install Leopard on that right now!
Hum… I’m sure my IIfx is faster than his IIc! Grrr!
That’s OLD-SCHOOL 6-Color Computing BABY!
Congratulations Dan, for proving once again: Old tech that works is good tech!
— Hano
IIc was my first computer as well.
At the time, the best personal computer ever made!
It is utterly amazing how good the design of Apple products were from the very beginning. This IIc looks good on anyone’s desk even now in 2008. Simply wonderful!!!!
He paid a little over $2500 for it. That’s a lot of beans for a trip down memory lane. And I’m still jealous.
first computer I ever owned…. getting all misty eyed here.
I have an old Apple III and a NeXT computer. Does any one want to pay me for these babies!
Great Apple design. With the exception of 5.25-inch floppy disks, the general appearance of that Apple //c could pass for a modern computer that was released yesterday. It would be cool if Apple released a limited edition “retro” computer styled after an Apple //c with Mac mini parts inside.
Don’t forget to send in that Reg card!
Shipped May 5 1988, just 7 Months before I started working in Apple’s Fremont Ca. PCB Logistics Dept. I was only 19 and thought Macs were silly. Then I used one and realized, damn these are so much easier to use then DOS.
I wonder how long it will take the enclosure to yellow (that always bugged me).
My first Apple was a II+. I remember being jealous of those guys in college who had a //c. Since then I’ve gotten used to the whole obsolete-too-soon syndrome.
*cough* 16GB iPhone *cough*
Do you think he should register for the warranty?