Re: A2 Dream System

[quinn@Mountain.Net (Quinn Avery)]

John Townsend (johnt@meaddata.com) wrote:
: Here's my system:

:     Apple IIgs ROM 3 (in a Woz case)
:     MEM Slot:  CV Tech CV-RAM card with 7 MB (8 MB total RAM)
:     Slot 1:  AE Audio Animator stereo/MIDI card
:     Slot 2:  ZipGS 12MHz/64K cache accellerator
:     Slot 3:  Apple Video Overlay Card
:     Slot 4:  AST Vision Plus Enhanced video digitizer
:     Slot 5:  Apple SuperDrive controller (with two 3.5" 1.4MB SuperDrives)
:     Slot 6:  AE PC Transporter
:     Slot 7:  CV Tech RamFAST SCSI controller, 1 MB cache, connecting to a
:              200MB Connor hard drive in an internal Econ Pegasus power supply
:              enclosure, an AppleCD 150 CD-ROM drive, and an Apple 40MB tape
:              backup drive.
:     Printer port:  Imagewriter II
:     Modem port:  SupraFaxModem 14.4
:     Disk port:  Two Apple 5.25 drives
:     ADB port:  Apple Extended Keyboard and mouse
:     RGB port:  Apple RGB monitor (well, actually the monitor is plugged into
: 	       the PC Transporter, which is plugged into the VOC)
:     Joystick port:  CH Products Mach III joystick

Why a CD-ROM?  Is there CD software being produced for the GS?  For that
 matter, is there ANY commercial software still being produced for the II
 series?  All that comes to my mind is AppleWorks and ProTERM.

Are all PC transporters 8088's?  Are they genuine motherboards you can
 simply upgrade to something better?

How much would your system cost today (a breakdown would be nice), and where
 would I buy one?  Is a good IIgs priced competitively with a low-end Mac
 or a new clone 486 MPC system?

-quinn (ever probing)