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From: jeffe@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (George Jefferson )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Re: needed: 1 old mac -- working and cheap.
Keywords: Classic, modem
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Date: 19 Apr 91 20:59:55 GMT
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:And now here is a VERY BAD IDEA (imho):
:
:If your friend is set on saving a couple hundred $ (or has absolutely no
:other choice), one can get a used, 1 meg RAM, Mac Plus for $695 + $28 shipping
:from Sun Remarketing, Inc. (phone 800 821-3221).  I think you can somehow
:put an internal hard disk in a Plus without extensive modifications, and the
:cost of a 40 meg drive would be around $279 from someplace like MacProducts
:(800 622-3475).  Total cost:  just over $1000.

I generally agree but.. I've seen Mac Plusses for ~$550 + ship ( Maya computer)
which may be 1/2 the price of a classic for someone without an 
education discount.

I'll also agree the buying _anything_ from MacProducts is a " VERY BAD IDEA "

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-george            george@mech.seas.upenn.edu