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From: mvk@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re:  Improving my IIgs Platform
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Date: 16 Apr 91 23:28:46 GMT
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In article <9104161727.AA06654@alw.nih.gov> JDA@CU.NIH.GOV ("Doug Ashbrook") writes:
>When I saw a price of $149, I decided that it was finally time for me
>to buy an accelerator.  I called A2-Central and Programs Plus to see
>if they had Zip cards at the new low price.  Neither did.  I then
>found an 800 number for Zip Technology in the latest GS+ magazine
>(March/April 91, volume 2, number 4).  I called this number numerous
>times yesterday, but never got an answer.  Today I finally got their
>non-800 number and called Zip. They quoted me the following prices:
>
>      8 Mhz,  8K cache $178.95
>      8 Mhz, 16K cache $198.90
>      8 Mhz, 32K cache $228.??
>      8 Mhz, 64K cache $278.25

I talked to Digital Data Express yesterday, and they might be offering a
7 MHz (16K SRAM) for $149 until Friday, 19 April.  They are also offering an
upgrade to 10 MHz for $150, but a 12 MHz version seems likely in the near
future for about the same price.

-- 
Michael Kent                                  mvk@itsgw.rpi.edu
McDonnell Douglas                             Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
St. Louis, Missouri                           Troy, New York
                               Apple II Forever!