Re: analog vga cable for a Apple IIGS

["Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca>]

Take a look on eBay for IIgs's. It sounds like your games would probably
fetch more than the machine (magazines fetch good money too, as do rare
books and original boxes, believe it or not).

Cheers
Tim

"Dogma420" <dogma420@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read my post.
>
> Any answers, if you would, please email to dogma420@hotmail.com and
> make sure the subject line doesn't look like spam (get a lot of
> those).
>
> Anyways, I have an original Apple2 GS, all original, bought 1 month
> after going on the market in '86 (or thereabouts)...WOZ limited
> edition, original ROM, 1mb expansion card, no hdd, 1 3.5 and 1 5.25...
>
> ...anyways, I would like to boot it up and relive old days of playing
> 100s of games....or at least try it.
>
> My vga cable is defective, has been basically shredded on one end.
>
> It was plugged into a Sony 13" TV with a push button to make it be a
> vga monitor.
>
> I was wondering if anybody made a cable, could even be a bnc one or a
> converter to go on the end of a standard bnc cable for a wintel
> machine's monitor.
>
> At the very least, I could use a replacement cable; here's the
> physical description:
>
> The end of the cable that connects to the Apple2 is a male end wide
> style serial plug, has a total of 8 pins showing.
>
> The end that plugged into the 'analog' port of the monitor looks like
> a floppy drive cable parrellel plastic connector.....36 pin total.
>
> Anyone have any help?
>
> Also, what is an original, nothing, absolutely nothing modified Apple2
> GS with the 'woz limited edition' print on the front, no hdd, 1mb
> expansion, 100s of games, Appleworks, couple of other items, and an
> Imagewrite II with both color/black ink ribbons?
>
> I was told it would be worth more than a modified one possibly,
> because it had never been modified.
>
> Also, looking for a modem to get hooked up for my old parents to at
> least try email with it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Please reply to dogma420@hotmail.com....I'm posting this through
> Google.com and my newsreader is down right now.