Re: Want an Apple I workalike?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Bill Garber replied:
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> >"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> <snip>
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> >> I remain open to the idea that someone may discover a "market"
> >> among Apple II enthusiasts--like the CFFA card--but viable ideas
> >> in this area are few and far between, it seems.
> >
> >Since you brought up the CFFA card, it has not been the great success
> >that the first run was. He has quite a number of them left. AFAIK, he
> >has over 100 of them left. Would be nice to see some of them modded
> >to allow the use of IDE CD-Rom drives, or to use them with smaller
> >CF cards in the II+.
>
> I'm sorry to hear that he has apparently saturated the market.
>
> I suppose that that provides a pretty good indication of the size
> of the "user" Apple II market that is willing to spend some money
> on their machines--my guess is that about a third of those who
> are potentially "willing" bought one or more CFFA cards, which
> would imply a total market size of perhaps three hundred or so.

Yes, there some multi card orders, I being one. I may get a couple
to play around with.

> Since almost all of the CFFA's "personality" is in the EPROM,
> it should be "a small matter of programming" for a motivated
> person to extend the range of IDE peripherals that it can attach.

I agree with that, but you do need to know just how the card works.

> However, since 128MB FlashCards are now available for about
> $30 (after rebates) or less, I don't think there's much need to
> go smaller.  ;-)  Fry's just advertised a 256MB for $25!

Kool, do they take PayPal from people without confirmed
addresses? I could use a couple of those.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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