Re: Applied Engineering Spring/Summer - 1988 Product Catalog online

[cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2)]

tturner@ecn.ab.ca wrote:

<<--> Hey, no offense meant - but what's the big deal about an old AE
    product catalog?  I just checked and I've got the 1987 catalog
    that came with my Serial Pro and another one that came with
    my RAMWORKS III & RGB add-on, so I've got the '87 Spring/Summer
    and the '87 Summer/Fall - they're just glossy advertising and
    nothing more than filler in those giant AE ziplock baggies.>>

Perhaps they are such to you.  But, others may find the review of all
the A2 products that AE offered for sale in 1988 of some interest.
No offence taken - but, it seems such is no big deal for you - sorry.
Can't please everybody!  Others have requested I scan it and put it online  so,
that's what I did :)


<<24 pgs, a bunch of products, pictures and specs and glowing hard
    sell.  Methinks you are giving it too much importance - but that
    may just be moi . . .>>

Moi, perhaps it is...still as I mentioned above others seem to have a need and
interest in such being put online for historical reference and such.  That's
the main reason I did it.

<<I've got 4 or 5 AE cards - they all came with catalogs that were
    tossed.  These got kept because I forgot about them.  All they
    are now, is `packaging ambiance', for lack of a better phrase.>>

If that's how you feel about them - why not cash in on their auction
value on eBay.com.  Others have sold such catalogs for a fairly good price
of say around $27 to $40 US - may be possible - if you put them up for auction.
 I've seen other such catalogs sold on eBay.com in the past few months.  And as
for having Apple II and IIgs AE cards, I've got more than I can count now with
the manuals for them all. So, perhaps I should scan the manuals and put them
online then???   

I know one AE card (the Dev. 16 Bit - Apple II 65816 card) which is rather rare
- that I have.  Already did a zoomed detail color JPEG of the front and back of
this card - plus a scan of the 5.25 disk (FWIW) with the v1.1 program for the
card (the disk will soon be added to the folder online in SDK ShrinkIt archive)
and the entire manual for the card - cover to cover (29 pages including the
covers) - will also be added to the folder during the weekend - as my time
allows.  Perhaps that might give you a bit of an A2 treat.  (unless - of course
you also happen to have such a card and manual).

<<Now the AE <whatever> User's Manuals - now those may be useful,
    but an old product catalog?  I dunno - maybe others won't feel
    as I do and as I said - no offense meant - it's just not much
    of an A2 `treat', AFAICT.>>

OK, name a list of AE  <whatever> User's Manuals - you'd like put online then. 
A positive request and feedback on your specific wants and needs can generate
positive things being made available to give you a few A2 'treat's'.  I'll be
looking forward to your feecback all this.

Cheers,
Tom