Re: Looking for IIe-IIgs conversion kit

[buggie@ben16.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

STEVE TOWNSEND and I have both made "Stealth-IIgs" units ---- IIgs
motherboard in a IIe casing.

Steve Townsend (Tacoma WA) has a technique that is more elegant.  He uses 
long-barrel-washers are are the correct height.  He drills into the metal
bottom-plate and installs the long barrel-washers.

I have not located those parts.   :-(    My method has been to use wooden 
moulding strips of the correct height.  The wooden strips are glued and
attached to the metal bottom plate.  Then I use nylon washers and short
wood screws to attach the motherboard to the five wooden strips.  I've 
made three stealth-GS's so far---- all have worked.  No "blown
motherboards" so far.

I will mail my magazine article to anyone who supplies their postal
address.    Bye, 		Steve Buggie


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Randy Shackelford (shack@onyx.southwind.net) wrote:
: Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

: :>Thusly, anyone out there with the kit, I'm interested...I'm assuming this
: :>includes..
: :>
: :>Apple IIgs plate to replace on IIe

: Not applicable on a grey IIe since the name is silkscreened on.

: :>Replacement baseplate
: :>Replacement back panel.
: :>...Anything else?

: : You can adapt the current IIe case for the IIGS motherboard.

: I'd consider that method a last resort, after I tried to find a real upgrade
: kit and given up. At one of the local dealer's "garage sales" way back, I got
: a never used upgrade kit still in the box, complete aside from the logic
: board, for $1. You also could try the normal used hardware mail order places
: and possibly turn one up.

: A few years back Steve Buggie also set me up with a never used, still in box 
: //e case top meant for people upgrading the early style //e's whose case tops
: don't fit the upgrade bottom part. So I can build a //e that looks like it
: just came out of the box one of these days should I choose to.

: : First thing, desolder the power and keyboard connectors from the
: : IIe and solder them into the IIGS ROM 01 motherboard.  Next,
: : use a dremel tool to cut out openings in the IIe base pan for the
: : IIGS ports.  Then you are ready to attach the motherboard to the
: : IIe base pan.

: Should you choose this route, also not that the plastic standoffs won't line
: up with the holes in a IIgs logic board, and are the wrong shape.
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