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- deadbaby, on 10/12/2007, -6/+13The GS was a delightful machine. When I was in high school, as late as 1998, we had GS machines up and running doing productive tasks.
- fixyourthinking, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9There must have been a little shill bidding going on ... that is nearly a $300 premium over auctions for these within the past year in the condition that the unit is in. Note that the IIGS is NOT the real reason it went to above $600 - it was the transwarp card that went with it.
Those generally fetch $250+ by themselves. - lensman00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Reminds me of the original Amiga (released in 1985), which had signatures of the whole development team embossed inside the cover:
http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/amiga/h/a1000top.jpg - waxcrash, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9Just a $1.50 more than what the original Apple I went for.
- Guspaz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Apparently despite being a collector item it sold for about two thirds what a (stock) unit cost new. If you consider all the add-ons that particular unit shipped with, you'd think the collectors status would mean it'd be worth more than it was new, not substantially less.
- Solstice, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Exactly. The Woz IIgs aren't exactly rare. The Transwarp GS card is what drove the auction cost upward. Those were expensive back in the day, so they're relatively rare now. IIgs accelerators are the only things that aren't available new anymore, either. So, if you want a ZipGS or TranswarpGS board now, you really have to pay out the nose for it or continue plugging along at 2.8 MHz.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4yeah instant Kamikaze dig down but that is like %1000 depreciation when you consider inflation.
- swaxhog, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I had a full GS set up back in the 80s. GS, 40MB (megabyte!) Vulcan hard drive, colour monitor, imagewriter printer, the fan thingy that sat between the cpu and monitor, PC Transporter (IBM PC XT emulator card), TransWarpp accelerator.
I sold it all for around $600 a couple years after I got it. Now, I sort of wished I had it all back. It was a really cool box. The PC Transporter card was the greatest thing ever. I could do my turbo c programs at home instead of being stuck in the lab on campus. - novaneil, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I bought it so I could play Oregon Trail with Craig.
- Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Why is this dug down? The original Apple computer (the Apple 1 in archronistic terms) was $666.66
- Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2At one point in time, these things were unaffordable dream machines. Even the IIe was out of the question for most people I knew. We all had Tandy COCO-2s and 3s, and Commodore 128s, or Ataris. A lucky minority could afford an Amiga.. but it was only the rich kids who had real Apples, and only the wealthiest of those that had a IIgs which was *almost* a Mac!
- theeXguy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7Never had the priviledge to use a Woz made machine, but anything from the late 70s to mid 80s autographed by Jobs or Woz are collector edition items... I would hang on to them for another 10 years.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I leaned on those monsters. Had about 12 of those in a graphics lab a school. You move something in ps and get up to get some coffee and read the paper while it worked.
- radio1mike, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4As a Commodore loyalist, the IIGS was the only computer I really really wanted other than my Amiga.
- wernst, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Digg this parent up. The "Woz-ness" of this machine didn't raise its bid: it is all the extra hardware:
A regular ROM1 machine, the first generation of the GS that the Woz machine represents, runs about $20 on ebay for a bare machine. Add about $20 for the "Woz Signed Cover."
Now then. This machine has a ROM3 motherboard, which is an upgraded motherboard with better power distribution, 1MB of RAM on board, and a larger ROM, along with other tweaks. This board runs about $40 on ebay bare.
The Transwarp GS is a rare and highly sought after accelerator card. They can go for $200 or so. Sometimes much more if modded correctly.
A 4-MB ram card seems to go for around $120 these days on ebay.
The SCSI card goes for around $100 or so, though I don't know why: Compact Flash IDE cards are much faster and more reliable and cost less.
So that's about $400. On average. Some months prices are higher, and some lower.
It took the better part of a year to get an EXACT SAME GS by only bidding on those indivdual components when the bids were low, so I probably saved about $150 over my $400 estimate, and I did the motherboad swap myself. Add all those componets together in one (presumably) trouble-free, pre-installed machine, and add in some emotional bidding, and the price seems just about right to me. - Solstice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Incorrect. Woz machines were either ROM 01 or what became known as ROM 0. ROM 0 was buggy. ROM 01 was fine and is the best one to get if you want maximum compatibility, as it will work with everything out there. The later ROM 03 broke some games and other software.
ROM 0 machines are very rare, since it was very buggy and Apple had a free upgrate to ROM 01. - krinn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1There was a problem with the early production runs of the Apple IIgs, and many of these Woz limited editions have bad graphics chips which can cause red streaks to appear in text mode. It's a fairly minor defect, but if you're a collector and want it to be perfect, be careful what you buy...
- RyGonWan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I still have a Woz special edition IIgs. Its not running but I bet it still would.
- nitewing98, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Traded in my //e for a IIgs and it was AWESOME (back in the day). 16 bit processor that could masquerade as an old 8 bit 6502 _and_ run twice as fast! Plus, GSOS was every bit as good as the Mac OS then. Better in some ways, it had color! And programming Mac-style apps was easy with the Taskmaster event handler to do most of the work.
Say what you will, GUS was a great computer in its time... - ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1What does it comes with? The Woz lids are more uncommon than rare. It's the stuff that's under the lid that made it $668.
- ggko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can buy over 600 tacos for that price and that's much tastier.
- nerditup, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I played Number Munchers with Chris Lalonde.
- AndrewJC, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I had a IIgs when I was younger. I had a friend, though, that had one with a hard drive. I was always jealous of that; we only had a floppy drive for ours. I still remember the early versions of the Finder that came with it.
- totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Apple IIGS without Woz's signature: $669.16 :p
- krondox, on 11/08/2009, -0/+1Collector's dream Apple IIGS Woz Edition. This would make a perfect Christmas present for your Apple nerd. http://cgi.ebay.com/Collectors-Dream-Apple-IIGS-Wo ...
- telmnstr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That is bizzare. I have to say, There is a large number of Woz signature editions out there. It might be different if it included the actual letter that came with the machine, those are rare. Steve Wozniak spoke in Virginia Beach, VA last week (April 18th). After his talk he signed my IIGS (it wasn't a Woz edition, it now is). It wasn't my computer when I was younger - I missed the II revolution and started on the Atari 800XL, then moved to PCs. Later I started collecting machines and revisited things from the Atari ST, Amiga, TRS-80 and many more... my collection now spans TRS-80 model 100 to Cray J932se... I dig the Apple II series and what it did for computers, along with the Atari VCS and what it did for gaming. And as for my IIGS that is a hand signed Woz edition (I picked it up about a year and a half ago, a complete system on trade from another rescue geek).... I wouldn't sell it for $6800.
- ricksite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The original Mac had that too. Those were the days.
- discorder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In the eBay ad it said it's a ROM 3 machine, so maybe the casing or board was swapped.
- kms007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have an original Woz edition Apple IIGS with Second Sight VGA card (ultra rare) and a Zip GS. The 80 MEG (yep, that's megabyte) drive no longer runs - but the machine boots and runs VGA fine enough. Any hard drive solutions that'll work with the IIGS?
- uptown, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4I had one of these as a kid .... Was one of the "Woz" limited editions models too.
- eddie72, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3That was one of the nicest older PC's I'd ever used. Was sad when Apple dumped the Apple II line. Was quite a while back though.
- iburl, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I've got a woz in my shed. Who wants to give me $500 to dig it out?
- cheesypasta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0For me, my IIgs was a poor man's Mac II. I could've killed for a color Mac back then. If memory serves, a Mac II cost 10 grand back then (or am I wrong?)
- orlyfactor, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Why is this news??
- zarex, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2I had a "Woz" edition for a while, before I sold it for a PC. The synthesizer chip inside was awesome, too bad the overall machine was so slow.
- Farkeologist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have a Woz gs and a 128k Mac on the couch in my office right now.
- generalleoff, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The Woz editions are all ROM1 machines and are incredibly buggy. Not at all worth $668 either. Some 50,000 of them were made so they aren't exactly rare. A ROM3 or the incredibly rare prototype ROM4 machines on the other hand...
- gadlaw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1My first computer and my last Apple, when they abandoned it, I abandoned Apple.
- twilight0rodent, on 01/26/2008, -0/+0Yes any old SCSI I, or II depending on the SCSI card you have in the machine. CAFF is another wayto go.
- Cherubim, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I have three Woz edition IIgs machines. They are not "rare" at all. The rare machines are the Rom 3 machines without the "Woz Limited Edition" cover.
The Transwarp GS accelerator can easily fetch upwards of $500 (or more). The SCSI card is also quite sought after as well. IIgs peripherals are more valuable than the machines themselves.
It's interesting to note that the Apple IIgs was the first color GUI computer from Apple Computer.
- mydave, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0oh this is new information for me, thanks.
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http://www.chasr.org/ - kirtap, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1My parents had an Apple IIGS when I was young, was the first computer I ever used. Countless hours of Jeopardy! and Nam.
- phmfthacim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2apple/macintosh nostalgia is an amazing thing
- fixyourthinking, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Also note this from the auction: "Thanks for checking out my eBay Sale. USA and Canada Shipping only (Canada add $5.00 USD for processing)"
The winner is from germany.
It's also VERY hard to believe that NO questions were asked. Whenever I list a vintage apple collectible or prototype I am asked all sorts of questions about serial numbers etc etc - elhaf, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2That's crazy. I can get a brand new laptop for that. It's faster and has more memory and disk space.
- ricksite, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2My brother has one of these. You may see another one on eBay soon. It would probably be worth more if Woz actually touched it.
- minorthreat, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5yea, I think I would to, but you and I arent mac fanboys.
- turpenine, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1too bad it was from the 80s...
- Bartboy919, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4Id rather have a PS3.
- bobbknight, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3I looked at the gs, but then I bought an Amiga. Less cash and a better computer.
So I care less about a woz gs.
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