Need Some Help on Values / Worth of Ancient Technology

[Dangerboy]

So a while ago I was on this big kick of scooping up everything I could find, and wanted to re-assemble them to complete status. That fell through and now I am stuck with some things I don't need.

Okay, I'll be honest: I have no idea what these are worth, and trying to figure it out using eBay is proving fruitless. So I leave this in the hands of the DP crew to help out.

And yes, these are for sale / trade.

1. ImageWriter Apple
This is just the printer itself. No cords, don't know if it even works. Faded in parts (like a SNES). Heavy as heck!

2. Commodore 64 Main Unit
Multi-colored version, missing the Light LED and the #2 Key. Untested. Has the old Thrift Store price/marking on it.

3. Commodore 64 Main Unit (Huge White Version)
I thought only the 128 lookd like this? No cords, all keys (slightly faded), and for some reason the previous owner took crayons to the back and colored around the ports (looks like the color scheme of the HP/Pack. Bell PC hook-ups). Has the Thrift store price/marking on there. Untested.

4. Coleco Adam Deck
No cords, controllers etc, it's in overall good shape, but I haven't been able to get into it. Has the Thrift Store markings/price on it.

And for sale only for my step-dad:

5. Mac PowerPC Tower 9500/132
Includes Tower, Keyboard, Mouse, Cords, External Zip Drive w/ Power cord, External 33.6 Modem O_O , No software, but it was powered up and works great. Seems like the person my Step-dad got it from took off everythign but the basic operating system. OS 8.5 I think.

There's also a huge 19 Inch View Sonic Monitor that comes with it. Works great.

Pics below of the decks:

http://game-rave.com/images/old-001.jpg
http://game-rave.com/images/old-002.jpg

Any help would be appreciated, both in values and offers. Thanks!

[Flack]

3. Commodore 64 Main Unit (Huge White Version)

That's called a C64C. It was released in 1986, and is basically just a cosmetic upgrade to the old C64 Breadbox design, to make it look more "serious".

I see C64's and C64C's complete, with power supplies and cables, for around $5-$10, depending on condition and what comes with them. Without cables or power supplies, in great condition I'd say $5. Those are probably worth less than that. No offense.

BTW, some stupid trivia here, that C64 has had the keys swapped. They didn't come with both brown and gray keys. That was a pretty common mod back then, the gray keys came from a C16 keyboard (you could buy a replacement C16 keyboard for around $5 from Radio Shack and then pop off the keys and put them on your 64). That's probably why the 2 is missing, it just fell off.

[nesuser2]

I would say that unless you can sell the stuff locally, it's not worth it. I think I sold 2 C64 units on ebay, untested, as is for $5-10 each. Once it was all said and done.....I wasted a lot of time for nothing. You hate to throw things like that away but sometimes you just have to......

[Dangerboy]

First things first. Thank you so much! It really helps ^_^

As for the values, that's what I figured, was just hoping for some sort of miracle. I guess I can toss these in with the other stuff I've bene stockpiling for the returning summer's garage sale. At least the C64s can keep the Intv cartridges happy.

And on a side note, the modification comment (I had no idea) reminded me of something else. One C64 (breadbox) and one of the Disk drives from two seperate purchases had toggle switches on them. The Deck came with a "Jiffy Dos" book, which I can assume is the deck's toggle switch, but what the heck is the Drive's toggle switch for? Jiffy Drive? :)

Again, any help would be appreciated. I am sooo uneducated to this older stuff (mainly because I was...what...6 at the time they originally came out? :D )

[Flack]

The toggle switch is mostly likely a drive number changer.

(Boring History Lesson)

Commodore disk drives were connected serially. Off the shelf, all drives came hard set at an "8". If you bought a second drive, you would have to change it to a "9". Actually, drives could be set as 8, 9, 10, or 11. Inside there were two solder points. Scrape one off it made the drive a 9, scrape the other off and it would be a 10, scrape off both and it would be an 11. So, instead of doing all that, what a lot of people did was install a toggle switch on the front of their drive, so they could switch it to be either an 8 or a 9. That way you could leave it a 9 most of the time, but if you took it to someone's house you could make it an 8 or whatever.

JiffyDOS was a replacement chipset for the C64. Chips did go in both the C64 AND the 1541, and a switch had to be installed on your 64. But I DON'T think (?) you put a switch on the drive for it as well. I think the switch only went on the c64, which is what makes me think the other switch on the drive is a drive selector. If you really want to know, take off the 4 screws on the bottom of the drive and see where the wires go -- if it's an 8/9 selector it'll go to the motherboard on the drive and two little round silver solder points. if it's something to do with that JiffyDos, it'll most likely go to wherever that chip was swapped out.

Advertised as a computer/drive with JiffyDOS installed, you might get more money.