Re: APPLE IIgs

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article "Paul Pietromonaco" <paulp@wrq.NoSpam.com> writes...

>	Say - about those Platinum IIe's  - how rare are they?  I just bought 
>two (!) from the local Goodwill store here in Seattle for $12.00 (The first was
>$8.00 - the second $4.00).  They were in mint shape - just a little dirty. 
>I know that they're not worth a fortune or anything - I'm just curious if
>anyone knows how many were made, how to tell the machine count from the
>serial number, etc.   Right now, I have one of them in my office at work
>running little BASIC screen demos in the background as a conversation piece
>- less dangerous than a LavaLamp in an office, you know. (^_^)

    The platinum IIe sold from January 1987 until November 1993, though 
I really have no idea how many were produced altogether (I still wish I
could find one, I have four IIe's but they're all the original biege :/).

    In contrast, the original biege IIe sold from January 1983 until 
December 1986, but despite that, make up a far greater number than the
platinum IIe's out there. Obviously because they were manufactured 
during the peak years of the Apple II sales and popularity (the II
market was virtually non-existence in the 90's and started to dwindle
by the very late 80's).

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca