WTB (Mega!) Old Computer

[Joe]

Does anyone have (or know of someone who has) a Commodore 128 or an Apple II (or IIGS) that they're willing to part with? Coming up with software and a sceen shouldn't be a problem for me, as I have a TV in my house (shocker) and never parted with the software from my old ones when I parted with the machine itself (I don't recall what happened to any of them, actually..). I'd just like to buy one from someone I know personally because I personally am paranoid of buying a computer itself over eBay.

Anyone?

[RoMi]

Why would you want a relic like any of thoes?

[Towelie]

Yeah, what for?

[MyndFyre]

Joe, seriously, stop blowing money on stupid shit and save to get something worthwhile.

[rabbit]

I might be able to get you a IIe, with monitor.  Hm...

[chuck]

I've never had problems buying computer/computer parts on ebay. I'm more scared of online shops

You could run an emulator if you just wanted to play around with one.

[Towelie]

I've never had problems buying computer/computer parts on ebay. I'm more scared of online shops

You could run an emulator if you just wanted to play around with one.

yeah, an emulator would probably be better (cheaper and easier to obtain)

[Joe]

I've never had problems buying computer/computer parts on ebay. I'm more scared of online shops

You could run an emulator if you just wanted to play around with one.

I don't like emulators that much. Plus terra doesn't have a 5.25' floppy drive.

I might be able to get you a IIe, with monitor.  Hm...

Details?

Why would you want a relic like any of those?

I had a lot of fun programming on the old beast in my early days and I'd like to revisit that. Plus I have some friends who are semi-interested in my room of "junk" (I refer to it as my office, it's a "craft room" with shelves covered in computer pieces) and I thought showing them a old relic like that in the full swing of work would be fun.

[MyndFyre]

and I thought showing them a old relic like that in the full swing of work would be fun.

That's fine, if you can pick one up at a garage sale or craigslist for $5 or something, or even better for free.  But don't invest a lot of time and money in it - it's just not worth it.