Good price for //gs system?

From: Hotze <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
Date: Tue Dec 16 23:25:46 1997

Does anyone know 'bout an emulator for a IIGS? (For x86)
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From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_ix.netcom.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, December 17, 1997 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: Good price for //gs system?


>
>Actually that doesn't sound like two bad of a price for a bare bones //gs,
>especially if it includes the Keyboard and _Mouse_ (as both work on any Mac
>SE or newer, there is demand just for them). I did some looking a few
>months ago when I was looking for a //gs, and the average seemed to be $250
>at that time, needless to say I didn't spend that.
>
>Everynow and then I see them at GoodWill, and that's where I got one, I
>think it cost me about $50 for a ROM.01, with a 1Mb card, and monitor. The
>drives go for $10-15 at the local GW, but I had drives, keyboard, mouse and
>manuals from a previous deal I'd gotten at an auction. You can get the
>Operating System off of Apple's web site (I forget where).
>
>If it's got a 4Mb RAM card, a SCSI card, or an accelerated CPU I say it's
>definitly worth the price.
>
>On the other had I personally don't see them being worth that much, they
>seem to be rather inflated in price typically. They are a very cool
>computer though. IIRC there are a couple businesses selling them for about
>$500, how is that for inflated!
>
> Zane
>
>>For that price it should have 4megs. Im a //gs user as well
>>
>>
>>> I found a guy on comp.sys.apple2 selling //gs systems. $125 + S/H for a
>>very
>>> clean ROM.03 version with both 51/4 and 31/2 floppy drives, an RGB
>>monitor,
>>> keyboard, and all cables.
>>>
>>> Since this is my first time looking at the //gs's, how does that price
>>> sound? He also has ROM.01 versions.
>>>
>>> Rich Cini/WUGNET
>>> Charter ClubWin! Member
>>> MCP Windows 95/Windows Networking
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
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