Question for NW Apple II users.

From: Michael Maginnis <celt_at_chisp.net>
Date: Fri Jul 14 11:24:23 2000

Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Mike Ford wrote:
>
> > Cool stuff that everybody wants:
> > Transwarp accelerator
> > Vulcan hard drive
> > Focus hard drive
> > Fast SCSI card
> > SCSI card
> > Workstation localtalk card for IIe
>
> Add to that:
>
> Apple //c LCD portable display
>
> > Makes trading very difficult with maybe half a dozen items worth more than
> > $20, and handfull of rare items difficult to put any price on, and the rest
> > generally $5 or so depending on the marketplace. Add to that in finding any
> > of the "good" items, most people end up with boxes of the other stuff. How
> > and what do you end up trading? The only reason I cut loose of a couple of
> > my SCSI cards is that they sell for $100 and I clearly had more than I
> > needed.
>
> I collect whatever //c's I can find for cheap because I'm standardizing on
> them as my VCF utility terminal of choice (for taking attendee
> registration information, keeping books at the consignment table, etc).
> They're nice and self-contained, only needing a display (//c+'s would be
> much nicer but they're harder to come across). I have around 10 //c's and
> 2 //c+'s.
>
> I also take whatever free //e's I get my hands on. They'll come in handy
> for something someday (maybe when Hans finishes the C64 super-computer
> project we can do one with Apples :)
>
> Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger


Also add to that the ZipChip - similar to the Transwarp accelerator, but
(according to some), faster. Lately, they seem to harder to find, as
well.

Mike
Received on Fri Jul 14 2000 - 11:24:23 BST