Re: APPLE IIGS WOZ LIMITE

[mystix@direct.ca (Herbert Fung)]

In <19990602001244.17711.00007838@ng-ba1.aol.com>, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes:

>I agree, although the above sale price would have made even
>more sense had the TransWarp GS been enhanced.  For
>example, if the TransWarp GS had been a 16Mhz or 15Mhz
>model, there is no doubt that the system would be worth that
>much.  TWGS units that run at those top speeds are rare and
>the guy who sold the system must have put a lot of time and
>effort into getting the best components.  However, even an
>12.5Mhz TWGS would be worth quite a lot.

But realistically how many owners of accellerators would even
make the modifications? Is it realistic to think that there is more
than maybe 250 or 300 modified TWGSs? At the time I was
originally planning to make the modifications I was told that I
needed the 2B GAL chipset which was impossible to find since
AE was out of business. This was back in 1993. I predict that alot
of TWGS owners gave up on the upgrades because of this. Of
course this is nolonger true about the GAL chips which is why I'm
making the effort to do the upgrades, not to mention that my
original 7MHz chip failed. I think there are probably a few more
Zip GS cards that were modified because of the GAL chip information.

>Accelerator cards are rare and they carry value.

Which is why I mention them if I see one.

>It is possible that the buyer emailed the seller and discovered
>that this TWGS was a 16Mhz unit.

I think it was the Zip GS and the hard drive with SCSI controller
that probably did it. If I didn't have either I probably would have
bid on it as well.

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