Re: IIgs info required

[Sean McNamara <sean@macassist.com.au>]

Hi Michael,

> Logos are unusual by themselves, and sometimes fetch unreasonable
> prices (e.g.:  twice the price of the whole computer!  ;-), possibly
> because their shipping costs are negligible.
> 
> Whole IIgs machines are very inexpensive on eBay (usually $5-$10),
> so you may want to get one--or just have it's cover or logo shipped.

I thought of getting a whole machine, but at the moment, my budget is 
limited (read, virtually $0) - I won't be able to convince my wife I 
"need" any more computer gear/junk at the moment when we're fairly 
severely space limited.

> >3. The same IIgs has its original keyboard, but the connector for the 
> >mouse is damaged, and I don't have the original mouse. I don't suppose 
> >anyone knows of a source (once again, Australian) to get a price for 
> >these? Given I have heaps of Mac ADB keyboards and mice, I'm unlikely to 
> >get the IIgs ones, but you never know.
> 
> See above.  ;-)  (Maybe, ship logo and motherboard...)

I actually meant the connector on the keyboard for connecting the mouse 
to. I may be able to solder the connecter, as the original owner 
suggested that might fix it, I've just not gotten around to it and I was 
feeling lazy last night after rummaging through all those boxes :)

> Pascal format does not hinder saving the disks as images, either
> with ADT or using ShrinkIt.  (Ironically, a full set of PFS: applications
> was just auctioned on eBay for $9.38 US.)
> 
> I don't have any PFS: data, but if it is word processor documents,
> the probability is high that just reading the files as ASCII--possibly
> flipping the high bit--will recover the text (after editing out garbage).

Darn it! really should look on eBay more often. I forgot to mention that 
they're PFS:File files. I've seen some of the PFS word processor 
translaters around, should try them with my database files.

Unfortunately, I don't have the space to have my //e and IIgs set up and 
operational at the moment, so it's quite a task to actually play with 
them. I have to content myself with emulators for now.

Thanks for the suggestions

Sean

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