Re: IIgs Video

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

Augh! I saw a VOC in a bunch of Apple II stuff at a thrift store maybe 2
years ago, but having not known as much as I do now, passed on it because
I didn't feel like paying $150 for all of it (it was one of those 'bundle'
attempts that thrift stores do sometimes) Then again, I saw a IIgs with
RGB monitor and ImageWriter II, all still in boxes, but passed on it
because I didn't want to spend $50 on it all. (I really slap myself for
this one) Damn, I wish I could go back and change stuff. (Well, in this
case, it was also that we were moving at the time and my parents were
already bitching that I had 'so much computer stuff' that we had to move.)
Hmph. Of course, sometimes you will see a VOC on eBay for ridiculously
inflated prices as well. I can't help but wonder if people come here and
ask
"i just got one of these, what is it?...Oh, is it special?..._How_
Special?...Really? How much is it worth?..."
and then go sell it on eBay with a fully fleshed out description courtesy
of everyone here, and a nice big reserve.

In article <375ea794.16166142@news>, CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney) wrote:

> I don't remember it ever being that expensive.  I just went through
> some old magazines and in the July, 1989 issue of A+/InCider there is
> an article about video digitizers, scanners and the Video Overlay Card
> and the sidebar lists the VOC at $549 US!
> 
> That just blows me away as I'm sure it was sometime between 1989 and
> 1992 that I saw the VOCs being sold, brand new, in a computer store in
> downtown Toronto for $140 CDN.  I got mine after that store went out
> of business and all its stock got sold to another business.  That
> business didn't want the Apple II stuff so it went on sale.  I was off
> a little in my earlier post, I got my VOC for $85 CDN.
> 
> Now I wish I had bought several of them.
>