Re: Here we go again (IIe to IIgs Upgraded computer)

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Bryan Villados writes ...
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2086009556&category=4610
> 
> And, he's still using the doctored up image. Is this seller every going to
> learn?? :(
> 
> --- Bryan


     According to the seller's ad ...

"Apple first offered the IIGS as an Upgrade Kit for the IIe! Here is one of those
VERY FIRST Apple IIGS Systems!"

     That sounded like nonsense. When we got our IIgs in October 1986 it was a Woz
model and I do not recall any option to upgrde //e's being available at the time.
(Besides, it would be dumb to introduce the //e upgrade _before_ releasing the new
computer.)

     So, I did a Google newsgroups search for "IIgs upgrade kit".  Below is a snip
from a mac.mod posting in September 1986.


>>
From: Moderator David Gelphman... (INFO-MAC-REQUEST@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA)
 Subject: INFO-MAC Digest V4 #116 
 Newsgroups: mod.mac
 Date: 1986-09-16 17:34:00 PST 

.... [snip]

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 86 11:38 CDT
From: Mike Linnig <LINNIG%ti-eg.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA>
Subject: Apple announces new Apple II (model GS)

( 9/12- 7:22 am)
 Apple to introduce new Apple IIGS Monday

By Mary A.C. Fallon
Knight-Ridder Newspapers

  SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Apple Computer Inc. of Cupertino, Calif., on Monday will
introduce the Apple IIGS personal computer, which will have a basic system
price between $1,600 and $1,900 depending on its components.

  According to a company statement scheduled to be released Monday but obtained
 Wednesday by the San Jose Mercury News, the new IIGS will be three times as
fast and have twice as much memory as the IIe, the workhorse of the Apple II
line. The new computer will be available in computer stores in limited
quantities Sept. 27.

  The new computer will have a jazzier appearance than its predecessors in the
Apple II line: The color has been changed from khaki to platinum, and the
housing has been redesigned to look less boxy. To entice early buyers, a
limited number of the new computers will be signed by Apple co-founder Steve
Wozniak, who created the first Apple II computer.

.... [snip]

  The basic central processing unit of the IIGS will cost $999. That price
includes a detached keyboard, numeric key pad, a mouse, manuals and training
disks. Apple is also introducing a monochrome monitor and two color monitors
priced up to $499. In addition, there are new disk drives -- a 3 1/2-inch disk
drive costing $399, a 5 1/4-inch disk drive costing $299 and a 20-megabyte hard
 disk costing $1,299.

.... [snip]

  The upgrade kit for the IIe will be priced at $499 and will be available in
the first quarter of next year, according to the company.

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     It seems clear that the ad is not telling the truth. By misrepresenting the
upgrade as the "Original Apple IIGS" (from the ad heading), the ad works to
deceive prospective collectors about the upgrade's value and, also, undercuts the
value of Woz IIgs machines as well as many other early ROM-00 IIgs's.



Rubywand