Re: Production Apple IIgs in IIe case EBay ad- What's wrong with this picture?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Pim Blokland writes ...
> 
> Mitchell Spector wrote:
> >
> > >I was wondering if anyone knew anything about an Apple IIgs that was
> > >released in an Apple IIe style case.
> >
> >     The Apple IIgs was never released or sold in that form. What Apple
> > did offer, however, was an upgrade kit to transform your Apple IIe into
> > a functional IIgs. The kit consisted of the following items:
> >
> > - Apple IIgs motherboard (identical to regular boards) *
> > - Metal base pan (with GS port cuts-outs in back)
> > - Sticker plates with "Apple" and "IIGS" (Garamond font; small Apple logo)
> > - Suppliment manual (differences between IIe and IIGS)
> 
> That's absolutely correct. In fact, the info in the web page that Suz
> mentioned, says so explicitly!
>
>   "That isn't a factory unit per se -- it's a regular //e that has had a
> GS upgrade kit
>   installed; which included a ROM 01 motherboard and custom base pan,
> plus a nifty
>   IIGS logo sticker. All the tech did was pop out the //e logo and stick
> the GS one in."
>

     Well, yes. As of 1 July, after the Csa2 post by Randy Shackelford,
the above statement "from a knowledgeable friend" was added near the
bottom of the EBay ad/bid display.

     As you can see, "knowledgeable friend" addition includes a claim
that the GS is a ROM-01. How can the friend be sure of this? At the time
of the early IIe-->IIgs conversions, the motherboard would normally be a
ROM-00 version. A ROM-00, of course, requires the ROM-01 upgrade
($29.00) in order to run modern GS software.

     If the friend is someone who booted the machine and verified that
it is a ROM-01 GS, fine. If the friend is just someone who saw the ad,
then, most likely, the poor bidders are being misinformed.


     Meanwhile, in the center of the display, below a close-up showing
the "Apple" and "IIGS" labels, the following remains:


>>

What's wrong with this picture? 

     That's right, it says IIgs on a IIe. Apple made a few of these
machines with the all-in-one case of the IIe. Functionally it is
indistinguishable from the standard gs.

<<


     The clear implication is that the buyer is getting some kind of
rare, limited-production model or prototype. If this is so, why does the
seller add the information from a "knowledgeable friend" without a
comment explaining that the for sale item is not merely one of many
IIe-->IIgs conversions?

     If the for sale item is just one of many IIe-->IIgs conversions,
why has not the statement in the center of the EBay ad/bid display been
removed?

     If this is just a IIe-->IIgs conversion, the $70+ bid prior to the
addition of the new information seems high; and, it is reasonable to
conclude that bids were based upon an inaccurate representation of the
for sale item. In such a case, the "What's wrong with this picture?"
statement should be removed or modified and the bidding should be
re-set.




Rubywand