Re: New to the IIgs, help would be good

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

"Mr. Carp" wrote:

> I just bought 2 Apple IIgs-es off of Ebay. They come with nothing but
> the internals (no extra cards) and a power cord. I have an ADB keyboard
> & mouse and I can get my hads on some free floppy drives.

5.25 or 3.5? The IIGS can use two of each from the disk drive port, 2 3.5s
first, then 2 5.25s.

> I am new to
> the world of in-depth Apple II use (we played educational games in
> elementary school--that is the limit of my knowledge). I was wondering
> if the IIgs came standard with a hard drive and if not, what options do
> I have for connecting one (SCSI, IDE, other)?

No. You can buy the Focus drive card using IDE (see AllTech on the web), or
get SCSI cards on eBay.

> Also, what kind of moniter
> connection do they have (RGB, RCA)?

The IIGS uses both, but if you want to run IIGS software you really want the
analog IIGS RGB monitor. Sometimes you can find them at thrift stores, or on
eBay.

> What kind of RAM do they use...I
> have several 72-pin SIMS laying around, can I use them, if not, where do
> I get RAM for the IIgs?

You need a RAM card. The Apple card you can get for about $10 with 256K on
it, and add more chips to a full meg - but that's only good if you are
running older 8 bit software from floppies. If you want the hard drive,
again, you will need to check Alltech or eBay for at least 4 meg cards.

>
>
> Thank you so much for your help!
>
> --
> -MrCarp

Roy