Re: Apple ][gs VGA Card

[ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)]

Dominic Cioccarelli (dominic@miles.research.canon.oz.au) wrote:

: You are missing the point. What I ment was that you will need a fast GS if  
: you are going to use the card with any serious applications (like CAD,  
: DTP, etc.) and Rom 1 GS's can't be accelerated past about 8Mhz.

Yes, but no everybody wanting to buy this card is going to do CAD. So what
you means that since the GS cannot handle CAD, DTP, etc, it might be
better for us to stay in the current state and be happy. What a nonsense.
I have a few personal use of this card. For example, it allows me to replace
my old Apple RGB monitor. It allows me to rewrite Mandelbrot IIGS to 
somethine I really want. It allows me to scan in images of my dear one and
make her happy. And for $180, it is not a great deal of money for many
Apple IIGS users. If you do not want to upgrade, fine. But don't pour cold
water to the poor developer. Many of us wanted this card!

: It seems that I have sturred up a bit of a hornets nest here. Let me put  
: my comments in context. I have been an Apple II supporter since about  
: 1984. I currently have 3 Apple II's, (A IIe, II+ and a GS will all options  
: including 120Mb fast SCSI hard drive, 4meg simm ram, etc.). Thus, I am not  
: your average Apple II critic. I have tried in the past (when Apples had a  
: stronger following than they do now) to develop products for Apple II's  
: with limited success due to the small market. All that I was trying to do  
: is pass my experience on and make sure that you realized the commercial  
: realities. If you have worked everything out, then fine, go for it. But I  
: wont be forking out US$180 until I see some software support. Now, before  
: I get flamed, I know this is the chicken and egg problem, but I have spent  
: nearly $4000 on my GS system and the state of the Apple II market now  
: means that I can't even get 1/4 of that if I wanted to sell it. Thus, I  
: have to consider carefully before I pour more money into a black hole that  
: I know it will never reappear from.

Yes, and please keep your $180 for anything you want. Buy a SoundBlaster
card. Buy a PC. Buy anything. Come back later a few years later and I would
be surprise your $180 investment worth more than $18. I would be glad to
buy a new Super Sight card, and be happy with it for many months or years.
It might not worth anything finally, but I get the money worth.

I don't spend less than you and I think the GS has give me the best time of
my life, and it is money well spent. Even after all these years it might not
worth anything to others now, but I still think it is worth it. If you cannot
accept the fact that ANY money you spent on ANY machines cannot worth 1/4
a few years later, sorry, you are in the wrong newsgroup. Buy a property
instead.

: Dom.
: (Apple II forever, as long as it is competitive...)

Yes, Apple II forevr, as long as it is still useful to me. It is.

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