Re: Estimated cost of getting a "good" IIGS system together..

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

"Donald C. Lee" wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>      I was doing some calculations last week on how much it would take to
> get a "good" IIGS system together and perhaps hooking it up to my DSL
> line.
>
>      I came up with the total about $700 (since I don't have a IIGS) for:
>
> The IIGS System plus other accessiores (say off of Ebay which had a nice
> system for big, but I decided against it since I didn't have time to mess
> with it right now)
>
> The LanceGS card $155

Only if you wished to use DSL, etc. A 28.8 modem could be had for perhaps as
low as $10.00

>
> RAM - about $200 I believe for 8 megs (the system on Ebay had 2 Megs or
> something)

4 megs is all you really need

>
> Hard Drive - another $150

The SCSI card could cost that, but I would think the drive and enclosure
wouldn't be too expensive.

>
> software - Spectrum, etc.
>
>     I was wondering if anyone would venture what a "good" GS system would
> be and what a reasonable price including the software/hardware would
> be.  I presume 8 megs is a given and probably an accelerator (I did
> not factor that in my original equation).

An accelerator would be very helpful if using Spectrum. However, if you are
going online with an ISP's shell account, you wouldn't need Spectrum, and if
your modem/software is fast enough you should be all right. Just don't use
Apple Access II - it's a dog!

Roy