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

From: Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com>
Date: Wed Jun 27 12:11:34 2001

Jeff Hellige wrote:

> >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.
>
> Not to mention that designing and producing a very low production board
> such as the ethernet board for the IIGS surely isn't cheap. The volume just
> isn't there to drive the price down. Michael Holley has finished the design
> of a new floppy controller for the SS-50 bus machines and has a few examples
> running and is testing them, but after paying for the fabrication of the PCB
> and the various chips and other parts, the finished board is costing nearly
> $100 in parts alone. I would imagine most on this list would balk at paying
> that much but it certainly would fill a void if you were in desperate need
> of a new floppy controller to get a machine up.

10 stops at the thrift store for 10 items that are stacked up collecting dust is
the same. I think I would rather have the controller. Only thing is that I have
too many corners in my
house, or maybe not enough? :))

Eric

>
>
> Jeff
Received on Wed Jun 27 2001 - 12:11:34 BST