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Re: IIgs upgrade options

In <1gjq3cINN6d6@agate.berkeley.edu>
bing@zinc.cchem.berkeley.edu (Bing Ho) writes:

>I just came upon an Apple IIgs 512k and wanted to upgrade it a bit (less
>than $150-200) to take advantage of whatever I can out of it (since it
>was free!).
>
>I picked up one of the mags still around for the Apple II and some mail
>order places mention version 3.0 ROMS, and I've poked around on ftp.apple.com
>and have seen gs-os 6.0.  Is this upgrade worth it and should I go to the
>new operating system?
>
>Also, I only have 512k of ram and I've been led on to believe that the last
>gs-specific programs required more ram than that.  What can I afford along
>with this ROM upgrade?

Well, first off, forget about the ROM upgrade.  Basically you won't gain
anything by going from 1.0 to 3.0.  More RAM is a must!  2 megs should be
considered the absolute minimum with 4 megs being optimum.  Any more RAM than
this is basically a waste unless you have some very specific need for it. 
System 6.0 should also be considered a must as many of the new programs
require it and it has some really nice features not found in the previous
versions.  'Nuff said.


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