Re: Lucky IIgs find at Computer Fair

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

David Wilson wrote:

> I was not expecting to find anything Apple // related at the PC computer
> fair I visited today until I saw a familiar grey box under a table. It was
> a IIgs CPU with a Woz signature on the lid (I have not seen one of those
> before). I opened it up and to my delight I found two more cards I did not
> already have: a Sandwich II (HS-SCSI card) and a PC Transporter (with AE
> Color Switch). It also has an Apple memory expansion card (1MB I guess)
> as well. All this cost me A$10 (US$5). A$6 more and I had a mouse, keyboard
> & ADB cable to go with it. It looks like it has been upgraded to ROM01 and
> new VGC chip (the serial number is low enough that both would need to have
> been required) as the ROM ends in -B and the CGC in -C.

A good deal, I haven't come across a find like that in years

>
> Now to find out if any of it works. According to the sticker on the lid it
> once belonged to the NSW Police department and was auctioned off.
>
> P.S. Is it common for the PC Transporter not to have ZIP RAM but instead
> a daughter board with DIP RAM chips on it as that is what mine has.

I have no idea which is more common but I have 2 PC Transporters, the earlier
one has ZIP RAM and the later one has the daughter card.

    Wayne