rhohler wrote:
> On Mar 13, 8:17 pm, "sfahey" <sfa...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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>> To: rhohler
>>On 3/12/08 9:48 AM, in article
>>c3e71381-9270-4056-a658-67db43d31...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"rhohler"
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>><rick.hoh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>>>I've been looking to buy a Transwarp II card for about a year now.
>>>When I do find one available, they are going for $2000+.
>>
>>I won't pay that much for one. I'll give up the AE project I'm working
on
>>first, or learn to make do with what I have for it so far.
>>
>>If the price of Apple II gear keeps going like it is, I'll sell what I
have
>>and find some other hobby to occupy my time.
>>--- Synchronet 3.14a-Win32 NewsLink 1.85
>>A2Central.com - Your total source for Apple II computing.
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>
> I agree the prices for the card are too high. I believe this helps
> the Apple II new hardware market. If clones of some of these higher
> priced cards can or have been created, it creates or helps a market
> for them.
I think the prices are completely unrelated to the value of the
card for anyone who would actually use it.
These prices are set by folks who are just collecting, and
don't care what they pay.
Of course, if there get to be enough of them, then they *become*
the market, and they put the rest of us in the asylum. ;-)
-michael
NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers!
Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/
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