Re: Apple II VGA video card and the IIgs

[rg.jones@rogers.com]

PZ wrote:
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> Lets look at the Uther Card:
>
> It looks like the second run is about sold out.  I don't know how big
> these runs were, but  I think its safe to assume that between 100 -1 90
> Uthers have been sold.

The first run was 20 cards and the second was 50 (of which I have 14
left, 6 months later).
Interesting to note that while I had 40+ "interested" parties for the
second run only 50% of them bought a card when they became available.
Since I havn't activily marketed the product most sales come from word
of mouth, this news group or web sites. I have not put any on eBay
(yet).


>This is a card that is only currently usable in
> an 8 bit environment due to the lack of Marinetti drivers (pending).

V1 of the driver is pretty much done. Ewen Wannop, Andrew Roughan and I
are currently trying to track down some stability issues. I can make
the binary available to anyone who wants to try it.

> Likewise, not everyone yearns to browse the internet on an Apple II.
> Others have LanceGS cards, Localtalk Bridge solutions, and sneakernet.
> The remaining are content with dialup access.
>
> However despite these factors, I'd consider this to be a successful
> product with plenty of growth potential once the Marinetti drivers are
> released.

It will be interesting to see what develops. From my recollection I
think I have only had 5 or so people say that they will only buy when
GS/OS support is available so hopefully there are more people out there
waiting for it  :)

Glenn