Re: TMS out-of-business! (was: Seeking "TMS Peripherals")

[shack@crash.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <8APR199401213109@vax2.concordia.ca>,
Mitchell Spector <spector@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
>In article lee@pro-novapple.clark.net (Lee Raesly) writes...
>>
>>The rumor is accurate. They are out of business !!!
>
>        What?! When exactly did this happen, and why? I just spoke with
>someone at TMS recently and they made no mention of being in financial trouble.
>
>        I'm very disappointed to hear this news, not only because it adds
>yet another nail in the coffen for the Apple II, but I was *depending* on
>TMS as a place to order all my hardware upgrades for my ROM 3 Apple IIgs! :(

Well the thing is places either compete or or don't get customers. I wouldn't
get worried until only one or two places are left. But then again there is
enough market to go around to keep a coupla places going. I've been using the
secondhand market and all the "garage sale" type things at dealers and other
places to get hardware.
>
>	Where can I order upgrades for my IIgs now that TMS is gone? I'm looking
>for a ZipGS, RamFast SCSI, Sequential System RAM-GS and an external (340-540mb)

Betcha that Alltech has all that stuff now. Then there's always direct from the
company like Sequential and Zip. 

>SCSI hardrive (something simular to the TMS Shadow). Does Econ Technologies
>still sell their internal Pegagus HDs? That might just be a solution for a
>nice hardrive. Any suggestions for an alternative vendor is appreciated...
>(LRO is out of the question and QC is nice, but rather expensive I've found).

Nope. they quit making them 'cause they could not compete pricewise. They
wanted $200 for the empty add-your-own-drive Pegasus kit. I was asking if I
could get one a few months ago and was told that they couldn't stay in the
market.

In short, while having mail order companies bite the dust isn't a good thing,
there are still enough places left at the moment at least.
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Randy Shackelford                                "That's right, keep dancing
shack@crash.cts.com                               on the minefield"
                                                                  -Al Bundy