Re: GS Upgrade

[scraft@trident.usacs.rutgers.edu (Steve Craft)]

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>> I was wondering if a ][+ could be upgraded to a GS.
 
>Sure can!  Sell your II+, buy a IIgs, and keep using your existing
>peripherals!  :-)
 
>Seriously, though: the II+ power supply probably can't cope, the
>keyboard can't be connected to the IIgs motherboard, the motherboard
>won't fit on the baseplate and the replacement baseplate wouldn't fit
>on the case, and I don't think you can remove the back panel.
 
>The IIe-to-IIgs upgrade involves swapping the baseplate and back panel
>as well as the motherboard.  All that is left is the plastic case,
>keyboard, lid and power supply.

But when I checked out Alltech and some other ][ hardware houses, the //e and
][+ powr supply seem to be the same thing.  Unless they're completely different
but have the same price...

Does it really matter that the keyboard doesn't connect to the motherboard?
I thought the GS upgrade has an ADB port on the back, so adding an external
keybaord/mouse like my GS has shouldn't be a problem.

Isn't the //e the same size as the ][+?

Just wondering, I reserve the right to put my foot in my mouth at any time.
I have never actually seen a GS upgrade kit, so I really dont know.

But while I'm thinking about it, my whole GS fits inside my Franklin
Ace 1000!  Case and all.