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Re: Apple IIgs in IIe case?
I'd love a copy!
John W. Linville
12 Bentwood Place
Durham, NC 27703-2640
stephen e buggie wrote:
>
> About four years ago, I wrote an article (II ALIVE magazine) on the
> "stealth-GS," how to install a IIgs motherboard into a IIe casing. I've
> made five of them, and they all work. Steve Townsend (Tacoma WA) has made
> even more of them, and in August 1998 I visited him at Tacoma to study his
> construction technique.
>
> If anyone wants a paper copy of the STEALTH-GS article, just send me
> e-mail and I'll send it off (no cost).
>
> The advantages of the Stealth-GS are that its less prone to theft, it
> allows continued use of the IIe keyboard (great feel of keys!), and
> accessories such as system saver IIe.
>
> Regards, Steve Buggie
>
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>
> Roy and/or Janet Miller (millers@inetnebr.com) wrote:
> : Raymond wrote:
> :
> : > Not only were they expensive (Hey, wasn't everything those days?) but they
> : > were hard to find too. Apple had problems with the early IIgs, and then they
> : > had production problems, and the //e to IIgs upgrades were slow in coming at
> : > first.
>
> : In addition to that, schools wanted newer technology to look like newer
> : technology. So most schools stayed with the //e, or got the //gs, or
> : abandoned the ][ line completely.
>
> : Roy Miller