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Re: Macintosh Apple IIe Card - How Good Is The Compatibility?



On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 7:37:33 PM UTC-5, pitz wrote:
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> > > > question is, how good is the game compatibility with the IIe card?  Is it
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> > > The IIe Card uses the same Mega II chip as does the Apple IIgs.
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> > Ok then it's pretty good then.  So I guess the Color Classic with a IIe card is the ultimate mini-Apple II then? :)
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> I prefer the LC-series pizza box Macs (I use an LC 475), because they are smaller and, with the proper video adapter, plugs into my KVM to use a standard VGA monitor.
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> Of course, other folks prefer the all-in-one Macs, from an aesthetic perspective.

Actually the LC 5xx series looks like it also comes as an all in one.  I might have to look into one of those.  Shame they can't run System 6 though, a lot of the older Mac games don't like System 7.