Re: FS: APPLE IIGS

[ginkgo@ipass.net]

Saw one at the Raleigh Flea Market yesterday for $20.


In article <5itgnr$3a3$1@europa.frii.com>, shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy
Shackelford) wrote:

> In article <5it8np$p0p$1@news.vanderbilt.edu>,
> Tilghman Lesher <NO%lesh%SPAM%erjt%HERE@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
> >Jailall (jjailall@mindspring.com) wrote:
> >: I doubt you could give that away. School are now dumping those. You can
> >: pick a IIGS (literally) for 2 dollars. Old LC are selling for 250
> >
> >Really?  Where in the world can I pick up a GS for only 2 dollars?
> 
> Well I got a ROM 01 box for $10 last fall. Also got a complete signature
> edition system with ROM 0, a monitor, and a drive of each kind for $80 at
> a used computer store around that time. So it totally depends on where you 
> look.
> 
> >: dollars. I don't see a bargain. If I don't like a pc and command lines,
> >: why would i get the IIGS. It was good back in the day, but now....
> >
> >Surprise, surprise.  $250 for a IIgs is probably what you'd expect to
> >pay now in most marketplaces.  If you want a reconditioned IIgs system,
> >they go for around $400.....
> 
> Maybe at Sun Remarketing or something, the people who sell //e logic boards
> for $200 plus. But if you find a school dumping stuff, you could get some 
> stuff pretty cheaply. When you can buy a Quadra box for $400, it would be
> hard to imagine the average computer buyer spending that amount on a IIgs.
> 
> Followups set to csa2 only since I don't expect that anyone else wants to see 
> the normal amount of BS that a thread like this generates.
> -- 
> Randy Shackelford                                 
> shack@frii.com

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