Re: This may be a duplicate post, but please read anyway

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sun, 01 Aug 1999 07:35:01 GMT, gen_hp_gooberman@my-deja.com wrote:

>Also, I am trying to build an ultimate IIe Platinum using
>only period parts, and no fancy overdrive chips, just to
>see what I can end up with.  This is what I have so far:
>A2e platinum
>Color Monitor IIe
>DuoDisk
>3.5" floppy (x2)
>Super Serial Card
>Z-80 Card
>IRQ card (For GEOS)
>64k/80 col card
>Mouse Card
>Clock Card

Are those 3.5" floppies SuperDrives?  Those would be quite the power
IIe accessory.

I would definitely look for a replacement for the Extended 80 Column
Card you have.  Something that will let you put 1 MB in it would be
nice and maybe even get one that gives you a digital RGB output so
that you can replace the composite colour monitor with an EGA one.

How about adding a parallel interface card for hooking up parallel
printers?

Maybe add a Video Overlay Card or a Second Sight card to give your IIe
Super Hi-Res modes with overaly capability or SVGA graphics modes
respectively?

You'll definitely want to add a hard drive.  SCSI would probably be
best but IDE would work as well.  A Focus drive from Altech would give
your IIe an internal hard drive but a SCSI card with external hard
drives allows you to hook up more devices so you could also add a
CD-ROM drive, floptical, tape backup or whatever.

I'm not sure why you are against acceleration.  If you can find a
Rocket or Zip chip, you just replace the processor which speeds up the
machine without having to use another slot.

Which brings up another point.  I don't think you'll have enough slots
to add everything.  :/

There are some ideas for you at any rate.

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