Re: Rarest Card

[Joe <joko@nospam.com>]

In July, 1993, I wrote a long article about the Apple Expo West trade show 
that was held for Apple II enthusiasts at Brooks Hall in San Francisco in 
April, 1993. It was at that show where the TurboRez had it's only public 
appearance.
 
It took a while to find this article, and perhaps there was a follow up, 
but that's for tomorrow or another day...
 
 >RezTek was displaying a most remarkable Apple IIGS hardware
 >product that many had heard rumors of, but virtually no one
 >had ever seen before. Under development for several years by
 >Bill St Pierre, RezTek's legendary TurboRez GS is a IIGS
 >video enhancer that adds three new super hi resolution video
 >modes to a IIGS, giving it stunning new graphic capabilities.
 >The TurboRez provides the IIGS with the ability to display
 >graphics with 256 colors per scanline at any one time, out of
 >a total palette range of 1/4 million colors. The demos that
 >were running on the TurboRez were simply astonishing, and the
 >prototypes of the software that will be provided with the
 >TurboRez were astounding. Projected to cost $300, the
 >TurboRez will breath new life into the IIGS, and open up new
 >vistas for computer using artists and programmers.
 >Unfortunately, the TurboRez has been under development for
 >nearly 4 years, and is not quite ready yet. If and when it is
 >available for sale, it's going to generate quite a lot of
 >excitement. Come to think about it, it already generated a
 >lot of excitement at Apple Expo West!

Joe Kohn