Re: Retail price of Apple HS SCSI card?

[cust_ts@kruuna.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand)]

In article <2j0v2u$63o@ionews.io.org>, Brian Tao <taob@io.org> wrote:
>    I received a call today from a friend who works at an Authorized
>Macintosh Dealer in town.  A couple had come into the store and wanted
>to know how they could hook a SCSI hard drive up to the GS.  Naturally,
>the staff there thought they were mistaken and that they really had some
>sort of Mac II.  Anyway, my friend (who works in service) overheard the
>conversation and stepped in to help.  Of course, all they needed was a
>SCSI card.  The store could order an Apple HS controller for them, but
>it would cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $220 + tax!  It's a good
>thing my friend gave me a ring and I pointed them towards a real Apple
>II dealer who could help.  I thought the original price for an Apple
>card was only $129 or so.  Are the guys at this store on drugs?

Well, Resource Central seels it for $120. The RamFAST goes for
$170-$180.

>Brian Tao:: taob@io.org (Internex Online, 416-363-3783, 40 lines, v.32bis)
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