Re: Things they have at a sale !

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shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford) wrote:
>In article <Pine.OSF.3.91.970621183600.12672B-100000@host>,
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>>Well, not to brag too much, but when the only apple dealer out here in 
>>Sticksville, NY was going out of business ( right after I'd ordered my 
>>SuperDrive Card ), I found an Apple High - Speed SCSI card for, oh, what 
>>was it, $60.00? at their closing down sale.
>>
>>It's worked for me ever since.  Tho' I wish I could find a CD - ROM and a 
>>driver for it that would work on a ||e . . . .
>
>$60 huh? The Apple dealer where I got my IIgs way back when used to have
>"garage sales" where they sold off old stuff. At one of 'em they had a
>whole stack of HS SCSI cards for $20 each. Silly me only bought one instead
>of every one they had.
>
>Other "garage sale" finds from there:
>
>//e -> IIgs upgrade kit minus logic board: $1
>beige key //c upgraded with memory expandable logic board with 512K card
>installed: $25
>workstation cards new in box still shrinkwrapped: $25
>IW II network cards: $10
>video overlay card: $50
>old manuals: $1 each
>
>I'm sure there were more but those are the most memorable.
>-- 
>Randy Shackelford                                 
>shack@frii.com                                    

I got my 25MHz PC from such a sale for $25.  It lacked a hard disk
and had no memory.  The owners thought it was broken, but I nursed
it back to health with 8MB and a drive and now it is a fine peripheral
for the GS.  :)

I also once saw a Mac LC for $50, with an IWII, but I did not check
to see its condition.  It would also be a good peripheral for a GS.

In such sales, the important point is "buyer beware."  Such products
are much below market value, but not guaranteed to work.  Compare
this to what Alltech or Sun (http://www.allelec.com/ and
http://www.sunrem.com/) sells waranteed reconditioned GS units and
systems ($225 to $500).  Reconditioned LC's and 486's go for
around the same.

-Scott G.