Re: IIgs and OS X filesharing solutions

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

"Sheldon Simms" <sheldonsimms@yahoo.com> wrote in message
pan.2004.02.23.06.05.59.975138@yahoo.com">news:pan.2004.02.23.06.05.59.975138@yahoo.com...
: On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 05:02:48 +0000, Wiley Wiggins wrote:
:
: > I'm looking for hardware/software solutions for bringing an
Apple IIGS
: > into an OS X LAN.
: > I've read about the LANceGS ethernet card but found the 145
dollar
: > price tag to be absurd for what is basically an experiment in
novelty.
:
: Sounds like an pretty low price to me.
:
: The Apple II card is made in tiny lots and has no economies of
scale.
: Personally I'm amazed that it's only $145. Not only does that
sound
: cheap on an absolute scale, considering the manufacturing
circumstances,
: it's low relative to historical prices for Apple II peripheral
cards.
: If the LANce GS had been produced by Apple or Applied
Engineering in
: the late 80s it would have cost twice as much, in late 80s
dollars.

Also, if everyone owning a IIgs bought a LANceGS card then the
software developers might see their way clear to work harder on
getting a decent TCP/IP stack for it. Possibly even a graphical
browser might become a reality. They won't make programs for
hardware we aren't buying and using.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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