Re: High Density FD's

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <33EA70C7.5230@terra.cira.colostate.edu>,
Jeff Lemke  <lemke@terra.cira.colostate.edu> wrote:

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>Thanks for the recent history of high density floppies in the Apple realm.  I 
>enjoy detailed replies.

No prob

>Since my Apple usage is more for a hobby than for hard core usage, I don't 
>think I can justify $100 to $125 for a single board to add to my IIgs (plus 
>more for the floppy drive) even now.  I had no idea they were still that pricey 
>or hard to find, and it surprised me.

Yep some of the more esoteric old stuff is hard to find and fetches some money
when it changes hands. The superdrive card is a really good example. Video
overlay cards and //c LCD screens round out the top three sought after and
hard to find things.

I paid some good money for some of the rare stuff years ago, but I had to back
off some. I still hope to find a Mac TV and an original Lisa with 5.25 floppy
drives before I'm through.

>It's similar to some things for the old TRS-80/Tandy computers - those are the 
>computers I was introduced to first - and I still frequent the comp.sys.tandy 
>newsgroup.  There were some things Tandy released either in low volume (like a 
>cut sheet feeder for a DWP-II daisy wheel printer) or released very late in the 
>game, like an MMU (memory management unit) in 1989 for the Tandy Model 6000 
>(Tandy's final 68000-based Xenix business computer.)  In two years, I've only 
>run across one person each who had those items, and they wanted major dollars 
>for them, even though the equipment is of dinosaur vintage and the demand for 
>the items is actually low.

I would say the demand would have to justify the asking price in order for
anyone to actually sell the stuff. I don't figure I would have much trouble
selling my superdrive card, LCD screen, or video overlay cards for whatever
I wanted to ask for 'em.

>There is one difference I've already noticed between this newsgroup and the 
>Tandy newsgroup.  The "flaming", if I use the word right, or short tempers.  Oy 
>vey.  In the last two and a half years, I haven't seen anything like this on 
>comp.sys.tandy.  I'm coming in as an outsider with a new-found interest in 
>Apples, and I'd like to learn more about them.  It's informative and nice to be 
>able to read people's questions and replies about things, but insults flying 
>back and forth and back and forth are unpleasant to read even for an uninvolved 
>third party.  Certainly there is freedom of speech, but we all gotta live 
>together somehow.

You've probably noticed that our buddy Nathan likes to try to throw an insult
my way each time he posts since I still like Apple products as well as the
company. Pretty infantile. Seems he can't say anything without throwing in
his own editorial. I think it diminishes the worth of any info he provides.

>Anyway, sorry for the soapbox stuff.  I'm off it now, and I am looking forward
>to reading more interesting Apple chat.

Cool by me
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Randy Shackelford                                 
shack@frii.com