Your 5K must have been Canadian, right?
In 1989, even with an educational discount, the price for a Mac IIci with Portrait Grayscale monitor ran up to 5K (at least in Boston it did). They sit in storage now, as i don't have the heart to toss them in a scrap heap.
[and yes, the MFI forums reference was strictly about one having seen the numerous clone issue threads.]
