Re: Value of stock Lisa 2/10

Hi Clinton,
I personally couldn't tell you, simply, what a Lisa 2/10 is worth. In fact, no one on this forum could give you a hard-set price, as the price fluctuates greatly for Lisas and Lisa parts (having purchased several, I can vouch for this). Your best assessment of value would be to check the Sold listings on eBay; this will give you the most recent price estimate. I can give you a couple tips on what would make your Lisa's value rise, though.
1. If you have a working Widget drive. Widget drives are prone to failure, due to a small glass element on the inside of the drive. Once it breaks, it's done. Having one that works is amazing; be sure to package the drive cage nicely during shipping to protect it. 2. Having manuals and system disks is definitely a plus. Be glad that you have those, they're more coveted than you might think. 3. Hearing that you've fixed the keyboard is a good sign. Even if some of the keys are a little unresponsive, that's certainly better than the whole thing not working (as is the case with my keyboard undergoing maintenance). As for the jack, the screws on the switch/jack card may be a little loose, allowing the assembly to slip back a little into the cage. It should be a relatively easy fix if you know what to do. As for the video, this is a common problem. If it's not jumpy an excessive amount of time, I wouldn't worry about that affecting the value too much.

What's the condition of the 400k drive? Has it been greased/cleaned recently?

Hope this helps! Contact me with any questions you may have, and good luck with the sale.
-Tom

On Wednesday, February 26, 2014 3:47:20 PM UTC-5, Clinton Yelvington wrote:
>
> Greetings list,
>
> I have a stock Lisa 2/10 with the internal Widget drive and original Lisa
> mouse. Last I checked, she still boots, but I have a few issues with it:
>
> 1) The keyboard isn't working that well -- I replaced the foam pads with
> double-stick foam tape (all the keys work but they don't always respond.)
>
> 2) Also, there is an issue with the Keyboard Jack being recessed back to a
> point where you have to hold the plug in with a finger to get the Lisa to
> recognize the keyboard. I'm guessing there is an easy fix but I am afraid
> to touch it.
>
> 3) The video is jumpy sometimes -- opening up the top and adjusting the
> pots a bit temporarily fixes this.
>
> The machine boots into LOS 2.0 from the Widget and I have a manual and the
> system disks. I paid $600 for the machine several years back and was
> wondering what it might be worth if I were willing to sell it. I don't
> really want to part with it since it took me so long to get a hold of it,
> but I would like to know its value in case I ever need to sell it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Clinton
>

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