Re: Complete Basic?

[Michael Kent <michael@syndicomm.remove.this.com>]

limtc <thyechean@gmail.com> wrote:

> Shipment is so expensive an my wife probably won't let me pay so much

If you think it's just the power supply that's bad, perhaps you can
have someone ship you just a power supply?  That would be cheaper than
shipping a whole CPU.  You have the rest of your GS still, right?

(Of course that may depend on the details of the electrical system in
Singapore (120v? 240v? 50Hz? 60Hz?).  Is it the same as the US, Europe,
or Australia?).

I was going to suggest GSE-Reactive, as I thought they sold GS power
supplies, but I don't see them on their website any more.  Am I imagining
things, or are they just out of stock?

> Unlike many of us who just simply collecting, if I get
> one I will wanted to give it to my son as his main machine (he is now
> using Mac Mini + Sweet16) so he can properly grow up as an Apple IIGS
> programmer. 

:-)

> The requirement will be quite high - he will at least need
> a harddisk (that means SCSI card too),

If you have a working SCSI card, you can go that route.  But if you
don't, I'd recommend a Compact Flash For Apple II (CFFA) instead.

> sound card,

A nice-to-have, but in a pinch a set of small powered speakers connected
to the headphone jack will do.

> and I also need to
> solve the problems of how to get his program out? Ethernet card?
> Modem?

Ethernet cards and modems are still available, and there is the Apple-
talk solution too if you have an older Mac.

Keep trying.  Where there's a will, there's a way.

Mike