Re: Building the Modern Apple IIGS

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Mike Pfaiffer <mike@digitalcivilization.ca> wrote:

>> Now there is such a hardware combination.  There is a Shuttle PC kit
>> that features a motherboard built around the nVidia nForce2 chipset
>> with a tiny but adequately powerful power supply.  The sound is first
>> class, nVidia's integrated SoundStorm system derived from the sound 
>> hardware in the Xbox.  The graphics are decent Geforce2 MX440 class.
>> This balance is very true to the spirit of the Apple IIGS.  In
>> addition, the integrated features of this chipset incorporates 
>> everything imaginable.  USB 2.0, Firewire, network support, dual
>> channel DDR PC2700 (DDR333) memory support, HyperTransport 
>> interconnects, etc.
>
>	Lots of reasearch. Sounds like an all in one board.

Yes, it is an all-in-one board but unlike most other ones, it is
powerful.  I made a mistake in my original post, that should
be an integrated Geforce4 MX440 not a Geforce2.  This is an
integrated board that has none of the usual integrated
weaknesses.  Of course it also has one one AGP 8X slot
and one PCI slot in the event that you do want to upgrade.

Actually, I have thought about running Linux and have tried
the Corel version for a time.  My impression was that Linux
is a counter-culture OS.  If you are into programming, this
is a great OS for you.  But it is not a mainstream OS.

In the end, I was not prepared to learn programming or
shop for software only through the mail or online or
download freeware and shareware online.  It would feel
too much like the dying Apple IIGS marketplace that
I left.

Yes, I run the Microsoft OS.  I have no problems with MS
as an OS maker.  But for other stuff, I am generally a
fan of the competition.  Netscape/Mozilla, Corel Office,
etc.