Re: Replacing the 6502 with a faster chip

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net>]

"Dan Foster" <usenet@evilphb.org> wrote in message
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: In article <p96dnQSW6I7vb7XcRVn-uQ@comcast.com>, Bill Garber
<willy46pa@comcast> wrote:
: >
: > I know you would, but consider how valuable they might be if
: > I never make any more and only 50 of them existed.  :o()
:
: I have the highest respect for Bill (and quite a few others
here), so
: *please* don't take this the wrong way, for offense is honestly
not
: intended.
:
: It is true that if supplies were intentionally limited, the
value would
: definitely skyrocket over time. It's your basic free market
equation.
:
: I would like to gently point out that most folks who buys or
uses Apple
: II series of computers do so as a labor of love, and not for
the
: monetary value of things.
:
: Let's face it... the rest of the world considers anything based
on the
: 6502 (or derivatives) as being either 'crap' or 'not a real
computer'.
: We know otherwise, of course. We still think it still makes
magic, and
: can be infinitely extended.
:
: To limit quantities with the implicit purpose of driving up
value would
: be to deprive the community of a very useful resource.
:
: It would be a shame to reduce the Apple II to pure dollar
signs.
:
: You don't see people here talking about how much their hardware
is
: worth. They talk lovingly about how well their Apple IIs were
built, and
: how it's easy to get them revived even after some healthy
amount of
: damage... and contrast that to modern computers that don't hold
up
: anywhere near as well.
:
: Recouping expenses, time/labor, and turn a profit is certainly
: understandable and laudable, but the idea of intentionally
limiting
: sales for the sole purpose of driving up monetary value is,
well... a
: little harder to understand. :)
:
: Ultimately, I'll stand by whatever Bill elects to do,
especially in
: light of health concerns. I just hope whatever Bill elects to
do is done
: for the right reasons, is all.

Dan,

I thank you for your kind thoughts toward me and others who have
ultimately helped to increase the Apple II experience, and most
of you are aware that money is NOT my motivation. I have, more
often than not, sold items to people needing them for less than
what I had paid, but I do recoup my costs by selling those items
that are worth more, for more. As far as the ram card, my
motivation
was the lack of supplies of existing ram cards, and I felt that
another available 4MB card would increase the Apple IIgs
user-base,
and it has. Value-wise?, yes, I would imagine that one day my
card
will join the ranks of the rare, but since I didn't date-stamp
the
first-run, these are a different animal. I may run more off, a
short
run of say 20-25, in hopes that they all sell out, but I think a
new
item for across the board would be better, or perhaps an
improvement
on an existing item. Programming is my downfall at the moment,
but
I'm working towards being able to handle that as well. I've
learned
that joint ventures are not easy to come by and the more I can
get
done on my own, the better off I'll be. Intentional limiting of
any
of my items?, no, but I won't make so many that I can't sell
them.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
Web Site - http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
Email - willy46pa @ comcast DOT net
Change DOT to a dot to contact me



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