Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!think!nike!ucbcad!ucbvax!LLL-MFE.ARPA!SECRIST%OAK.SAINET.MFENET From: SECRIST%OAK.SAINET.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.apple Subject: //gs cost considered deciding factor Message-ID: <8610141241.AA12605@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Tue, 14-Oct-86 08:41:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8610141241.AA12605 Posted: Tue Oct 14 08:41:00 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 17-Oct-86 07:47:23 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 33 From: (Richard C. Secrist) Date: Tue, 14-OCT-1986 07:41 EST To: INFO-APPLE@BRL.ARPA Message-ID: <[OAK.SAINET.MFENET].62E582C0.008F66A1.SECRIST> Header-Disclaimer: I don't like my headers either ! X-VMS-Mail-To: APPLE I bought a //e as an upgrade for my ][ many moons ago because I wanted 1) the real keyboard (i.e. "{}[]~`", etc.), 2) pseudo-standard 80 column support, 3) future compatability , and 4) a new lease on life (my ][ {upgraded to ][+} is now 9 years old !). I WANT neato graphics and from what I hear absolutely wonderful sound, but my brain also wouldn't mind hacking a "real" processor chip that I might be able to use professionally as well (like a 68000 or 80286 -- there's compartively not a lot of 65xxx work out there). If the //gs or an upgrade were under $1000 (like $750 or better) there wouldn't be a contest... I've got 700 floppies of Apple software. But $1900 is ridiculous when I can go get a 68000 machine like an Atari 1024 or 520 (I can get the 520 for $750 locally with monochrome monitor) and KEEP my //e and ][+. The graphics are roughly equivalent to an Atari (though probably not as fast) and the sound is probably not as spectacular, although at least it is a standardized interface (the MIDI port). $1900 simply doesn't cut it, and the upgrade motherboard swaps don't sound so hot either when you've got to buy a Unidisk, mouse (already have this though), and whatever else... Throughly disappointed, Richard SECRIST%OAK.SAInet.MFEnet@LLL-MFE.Arpa