Tom K

BTW I am working on scanning the manuals but maaan... there's a lot of pages so it'll take some time. My scanner is kind of temperamental. o_O

Got some pics! Uhm... excuse the mess if anything is visible. It turned on no problem, and no puff of smoke. There is some yellowing on one side but looks pretty good overall to me. I think I covered the whole exterior,but let me know if you want more.

I will try to put some up later this week. How much do you guys think a bare bones machine with just the things I mentioned above be worth? Oh, and the serial number is RH()500780, and on a white sticker next to it that says 2294RH.

So it was indeed supposed to include a RAM cartridge and not have it built into the motherboard, ok. Wish I had all the parts but hey, I can't really complain, now can I... Any known problems with them regarding reliability? I guess I can measure the PSU before trying to turn it on, just in case. Probably should recap it too, or maybe it's better to leave that alone for now since it's never been opened. Decisions decisions.

I can def. scan the manuals I have! Seriously, 1 sold for that amount of money? ? I don't know what to say. 1 AM, and I doubt I'll be able to sleep now lol. I don't know what to do now...

I recently found this "unicorn" in my basement and was wondering if anybody knows approximately how many still exist? I see that the serial number database only contain 5 entries and that's pretty much all I've found. Seems like this site have some knowledgeable people on the subject though. I worked in a computer store back in the 80's and got it as partial payment since the shop was on the verge of going under, I played with it for... I dunno maybe 10-20 hours before I put it in a box and stowed it away and switched back to my Speccy. Completely forgot about the thing after a couple of years. Recently I watched a video on YT about the original Aquarius and though to myself, damn that thing looks familiar so I went down there and started looking around... and there it was. I was quite shocked as the video had said that the II was extremely rare. I am actually considering selling it but have no idea what it's worth. Or maybe I'l ldonate it to a museum. I'm not really into this time period anymore so... I do want it to go to someone that would take good care of it though. I haven't powered it on yet (kinda scared lol), but the external appearance is very good, maybe a bit yellowed but I don't quite remember how white it was when new. From what I have read it was supposed to come with a RAM expansion cartridge but mine does NOT. I don't have the original box either, but I do have 2 manuals (guide to home computing + simplified instruction cards) and the PSU. Maybe the cartridge was still in the original box and got thrown away or something... the machine was used as a demo unit in the store for maybe a week or something. Tom K Norway.