Re: AE Vulcan.

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Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:

> Matt Jenkins wrote:
>:> Again, you're talking two things. I would think that anyone wanting to put
>:> a II to actual use would want a IIgs nowadays. It doesn't matter what a
>:> IIc hard disk cost, it'd be several times (at least) what a used IIgs box
>:> would cost now. There'd be far more bang for the buck in putting part of
that
>:> money toward a IIgs instead of toward IIc specific hardware. It only makes
>:> sense to make anything for IIgses at this point.
>
>: While I'm not suggesting producing hardware for the //c anymore, I don't
>: agree
>: that the IIgs is the 'only way to go' as far as putting a II to use. I
>: much prefer
>: an accelerated platinum IIe for AppleWorksing to a GS, accelerated or
>: not.
>
>Well you're in luck then since one of those is as upgradeable as a IIgs
>insofar as storage goes.

Not quite.  A IIe cannot make use of large hard drives like the IIGS
can.  No HFS for one thing and cannot handle as many partitions.
My IIGS has a 1GB primary hard drive and it works like a champ.
I wouldn't try that on a IIe.