Re: FS: APPLE IIGS

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shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford) wrote:
>In article <5it8np$p0p$1@news.vanderbilt.edu>,
>Tilghman Lesher <NO%lesh%SPAM%erjt%HERE@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> wrote:
>>Jailall (jjailall@mindspring.com) wrote:
>>: I doubt you could give that away. School are now dumping those.

If some schools are doing this, the practice is deplorable.  Most
students don't even have typewriters (they sell for $100-$300 these
days) and a IIe with AppleWorks is light years more useful than
a typewriter.  The GUI based IIgs is even more useful.  It can
be used to teach music (the 32 oscillator wavetable synthesis
Ensoniq DOC sound chip helps), has an interface like the Mac,
and can use TrueType fonts, desktop publish, and has drivers to use
PostScript printers.

Not only is it useful for K-12, Apple IIe and IIgs computers are
still used often at the college level, especially for uses
involving data input from research (eg. physiological data).

>You can
>>: pick a IIGS (literally) for 2 dollars. Old LC are selling for 250
>>
>>Really?  Where in the world can I pick up a GS for only 2 dollars?
>
>Well I got a ROM 01 box for $10 last fall. Also got a complete signature
>edition system with ROM 0, a monitor, and a drive of each kind for $80 at
>a used computer store around that time. So it totally depends on where you 
>look.

But Randy, he's a SELLER.  We're supposed to give GOOD advice so
that he can get the best sale value.

>
>>: dollars. I don't see a bargain. If I don't like a pc and command lines,
>>: why would i get the IIGS. It was good back in the day, but now....
>>
>>Surprise, surprise.  $250 for a IIgs is probably what you'd expect to
>>pay now in most marketplaces.  If you want a reconditioned IIgs system,
>>they go for around $400.....

Agreed.  And the IIGS uses the same GUI as the Mac and the same ADB
bus, so why would anyone associate it with "PC" and "command line"?

It does have the option of the UNIX interface (with GNO/ME), unlike
the Mac where you have no choice.

>
>Maybe at Sun Remarketing or something, the people who sell //e logic boards
>for $200 plus. But if you find a school dumping stuff, you could get some 
>stuff pretty cheaply. When you can buy a Quadra box for $400, it would be
>hard to imagine the average computer buyer spending that amount on a IIgs.

That Quadra seems a bit undervalued at $400.  But seriously, when
you are getting a computer for word processing, it really makes
not much of a difference.  I'd rather have the GS (unless you want
to unload that Quadra for $150.  :)

>
>Followups set to csa2 only since I don't expect that anyone else wants to see 
>the normal amount of BS that a thread like this generates.

csa2 folks don't like to see BS either.  It is just that we see your
anti-Apple II attacks as BS also.  I don't see why you Mac advocates
are giving the seller a hard time.

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>Randy Shackelford                                 
>shack@frii.com