Re: The State of the Apple

[sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)]

In article <1993Aug24.124752.15373@apgea.army.mil> rcmerrit@apgea.army.mil (Robert C. Merritt <rcmerrit>) writes:
>Just wanted to thank everyone who sent me information on the Apple 2 GS. I'm
>not sure If I'm going to get one because the one the guy I know is selling
>appears to be one of the first. First rom ond anly 256k
>
>How much would it cost to say, get it running, WELL, on system 6?

If it's still at ROM 00, the upgrade to ROM 01 is free from any Apple
dealer.  For more memory, you can either pick up one of the 1-meg
boards that regularly sell for $40 or so or get one of the newer 4-meg
cards; the Sequential Systems memory card gives you 4 megs for about
$130-$140 new and maybe a little less used.  I'd recommend that you
get a 4-meg card if you have the $$$ floating around, but System 6.0.1
will boot into as little as 1 meg.

>Assuming I'd have to buy ram and an accelrator and a hard drive and
>whatever else you all tel me I might need.

More RAM is required.  A hard drive is highly-recommended, but not
absolutely essential.  An accelerator is nice to have, but (again) not
absolutely essential.

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