Re: Couple of //e Questions....

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Marvin Miller <marvinisnot@home.com> wrote:

> You bring up an interesting point (about the GS). I just bought one on
> the auction at;
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=468657489
> 
> Will it run the old //e software?

Yes.  (There are a small number of old IIe programs that don't work, but
these are mostly ones that won't work on a IIc or enhanced IIe either,
such as the original version of Apple II Logo.)

> Will it use the 'normal' IBM 3.5" floppies (1.44) ?

Not without special hardware - you need something like a BlueDisk
controller.  You would also need an external drive enclosure with its
own power supply.

If you do use a PC-compatible 3.5" drive, it won't be able to access the
standard Apple II 3.5" disk format (800K on a double density disk).  You
need one of Apple's 3.5" drives for that (the Apple 3.5 Drive, UniDisk
3.5 or Superdrive).

> If you guys were outfitting one of these as a 'dream machine' what
> would you add to it?

(I haven't looked at the machine specs for the one you've bought, so I'm
assuming a bare IIgs.)

Definitely an accelerator, decent SCSI card and at least 4 MB memory
expansion card.  Probably a stereo card.  Beyond that, it would depend
what you wanted to use it for.