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

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Pim Blokland writes ...
> 
> Rubywand wrote:

 ....

> >
> >      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.
> 
> Now I think about it, I believe it's the other way round.
> We all know that there were upgrade kits for Apple //es, including the
> "IIgs" sticker, so that an upgraded //e DOES look like the one in the
> picture.
>
> We also know that there were NO Apple IIgss in Apple //e cases produced
> by Apple (to the best of our knowledge, that is. Anyone cares to put us
> right?).
> 
> My conclusion is that the poor SELLER was misinformed; that he didn't
> know about upgrade kits and that he honestly thought that he had a
> "super rare" Apple IIgs.

     That is possible.


> And when the "knowledgable friend" tried to rectify this, his
> explanation didn't replace the original text (as he intended) but simply
> got stuck to the end of it by mistake.
>

     We really do not know anything about the knowledgeable friend. It
seems likely that he/she intended to add information and assumed the GS
was a ROM-01 because he/she does not know there was an earlier "ROM-00"
GS.

     It is possible, too, that the seller meant to over-write the
misleading "What's wrong with this picture?" blurb with the new
information but botched the change.


 
> And the confusion of it being a ROM 00 or a ROM 01 isn't an issue. If it
> was a ROM 00 originally, it could well have been upgraded. Or do you
> mean that there should be a price difference between ROM 00 and ROM 01
> machines?

 ....

     Naturally, a ROM-01 is worth more than a ROM-00.

     The add-on information confuses matters because it is not from the
seller. Instead, it is merely quoted as though the seller has not a clue
about the machine being sold and is depending upon "knowledgeable"
information from some stranger.

     It is possible that the machine has had the upgrade or is a ROM-01
board installed in a IIe case. It had better be one or the other because
the add-on info says it is a ROM-01 GS.


     As you imply, it is possible that we a dealing with a collection of
honest errors.



Rubywand