--- Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote:
  Yeah, I can't imagine any organization in
1984 would be so serious about
 the Apple ][ that they'd be spending $1,250 for an ethernet card for each
 Apple ][ to build a network of them. 
 My sarcasm detector is pinging madly, but I wanted to add that this same
 organization probably also bought the Apple ][ mouse available about the
 same timeframe for over $250!  It was an original 9-pin boxy Mac mouse
 and an Apple card.  We added support for it for our line of children's
 software sold through Reader's Digest - Micro Mother Goose and (not sure
 since I didn't work on the product personally) Micro Habitats.  The mouse
 was flat out the best controller for our "London Bridgeout" game within
 Micro Mother Goose.
 Just 'cuz ethernet cards are $9 now and mice sell for as little as $1 doesn't
 mean they always did.  You gotta remember the 1% rule (although it applies
 more to systems than peripherals) - ten years later, you can get a computer
 for 1% of its original purchase price.  There are exceptions, of course, and
 much later, say, twenty years, it's not as cheap as 1% anymore, but that's
 due to scarcity and eBay fever. 
Wait now, my Mac II fx, was $10,000 when it came out, that means its worth $100
today?
What's eBay fever? How can I get others to catch it?
Eric
 -ethan
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