Re: Apple ][gs VGA Card

[yoshi@CSOS.ORST.EDU (Yoshi)]

Philip Stephens (philip@labtam.oz.au) wrote:
:   Well, if you ask me, $180 sounds very reasonable indeed!  I'll buy it
: for sure at that price!

	IMHO, the price is OUTRAGEOUSLY high. I'm not willing to pay
	$180+ for a video card which basically does nothing more than
	resolution-increase and colour-count-increase. For something
	which is basically a standard-PC-like SVGA card, try around
	$30 or $40; last I checked, a 1024x768x256 Trident SVGA card
	locally would cost me $29.95, on sale from the original $39.95.
	Interesting how hardware for the IIGS seems to always quin-
	tuple in price before it hits the customers...
	
	I'll wait for the TurboRez, since it's more of what *I* want,
	which is an SNES-like board, plus i've *SEEN* it with my very
	own eyes, so... I'd like to see this new board in action though,
	just to see what it does and all: It'd be nifty.
	
	Of course, if others wanna spend $180+ on this new board, great!
	It's not something *I'M* gonna spend $180+ on, but that's just
	me: i'm just a cheapskate dinosaur. :-)

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