Looking for info - En-link Ethernet card for the Apple II

From: Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com>
Date: Tue Jun 26 13:18:56 2001

Ethan Dicks wrote:

> --- Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com> wrote:
> > Yeah, I can't imagine any organization in 1984 would be so serious about
> > the Apple ][ that they'd be spending $1,250 for an ethernet card for each
> > Apple ][ to build a network of them.
>
> My sarcasm detector is pinging madly, but I wanted to add that this same
> organization probably also bought the Apple ][ mouse available about the
> same timeframe for over $250! It was an original 9-pin boxy Mac mouse
> and an Apple card. We added support for it for our line of children's
> software sold through Reader's Digest - Micro Mother Goose and (not sure
> since I didn't work on the product personally) Micro Habitats. The mouse
> was flat out the best controller for our "London Bridgeout" game within
> Micro Mother Goose.
>
> Just 'cuz ethernet cards are $9 now and mice sell for as little as $1 doesn't
> mean they always did. You gotta remember the 1% rule (although it applies
> more to systems than peripherals) - ten years later, you can get a computer
> for 1% of its original purchase price. There are exceptions, of course, and
> much later, say, twenty years, it's not as cheap as 1% anymore, but that's
> due to scarcity and eBay fever.

Wait now, my Mac II fx, was $10,000 when it came out, that means its worth $100
today?

What's eBay fever? How can I get others to catch it?

Eric


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Received on Tue Jun 26 2001 - 13:18:56 BST

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