Ged
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Very late to the party here but I have some Apricots to dispose of if anyone is interested...
4 off Apricot PC/Xi system units:
Serial RAM Remarks
075021 512k Internal hard drive.
Booted fine on hard drive, ran for a minute or
two and then made a 'pop' noise and some smoke.
Even so it was still running, but I switched it off.
Probably an electrolytic capacitor, I don't have time
at present to investigate and I don't expect to have
time for the forseeable future. After this experience
I decided not to power up any of the other gear.
058826 768k No discs.
Expansion card for internal hard drive.
Expansion card for +256k RAM.
045432 512k No discs nor expansion cards.
030396 512k No discs nor expansion cards. Pegs for stowage of the
keyboard cable are missing - broken off, but apparently
no other damage to the case.
4 off keyboards:
Three are grey, one cream. The cream one is missing its battery compartment cover.
We never had a cream system unit so I can only guess that the keyboard was bought as a spare sometime.
3 off monitors:
Apricot 12" Grey. Originally came with one of the Xi's, working.
Apricot 9" Cream. Bought used, kept as a spare but never used, knob missing from what I take to be the brightness control (spindle present).
AP1200 (12") Bought as a spare at Auction. Indesit after-market, in original packaging with user guide and guarantee card!
Judging by its condition, presumably we never used it.
1 off hard disk/tape drive:
Quest Internation Computers 'Firefly' disk and tape system.
All the cases are in good condition except for the damage to s/n 030396 as noted above.
There's quite a bit of Apricot software on floppy discs too, although I don't know how readable it will all be. Some is backed up on HDD here, some not.
All in Derbyshire, England.
4 off Apricot PC/Xi system units:
Serial RAM Remarks
075021 512k Internal hard drive.
Booted fine on hard drive, ran for a minute or
two and then made a 'pop' noise and some smoke.
Even so it was still running, but I switched it off.
Probably an electrolytic capacitor, I don't have time
at present to investigate and I don't expect to have
time for the forseeable future. After this experience
I decided not to power up any of the other gear.
058826 768k No discs.
Expansion card for internal hard drive.
Expansion card for +256k RAM.
045432 512k No discs nor expansion cards.
030396 512k No discs nor expansion cards. Pegs for stowage of the
keyboard cable are missing - broken off, but apparently
no other damage to the case.
4 off keyboards:
Three are grey, one cream. The cream one is missing its battery compartment cover.
We never had a cream system unit so I can only guess that the keyboard was bought as a spare sometime.
3 off monitors:
Apricot 12" Grey. Originally came with one of the Xi's, working.
Apricot 9" Cream. Bought used, kept as a spare but never used, knob missing from what I take to be the brightness control (spindle present).
AP1200 (12") Bought as a spare at Auction. Indesit after-market, in original packaging with user guide and guarantee card!
Judging by its condition, presumably we never used it.
1 off hard disk/tape drive:
Quest Internation Computers 'Firefly' disk and tape system.
All the cases are in good condition except for the damage to s/n 030396 as noted above.
There's quite a bit of Apricot software on floppy discs too, although I don't know how readable it will all be. Some is backed up on HDD here, some not.
All in Derbyshire, England.