//e, //c, //gs Questions

[Maynard Lilac <texicus@hotmail.com>]

I recently bought a number of Apple computers, monitors and disk drives.
I have an Apple //e, a //c and a //gs. I also have 4 different monitors.
One is a 9 inch monochrome model that came with the //c. Another is
called an Apple Monitor ///. Another is simply called an Apple Monitor
and came with the //e. The last one came with the //gs and seems like a
slightly smaller version of the standard Mac 13 inch RGB monitor. I also
have an assortment of external drives, both 5.25 and 3.5 inch. I'd like
to ask a bunch of questions about these systems if I may.

Operating Systems:

What operating systems will run on these 3 Apples? I had a //+ back in
the early 80s and can recall certain programs written in BASIC running
without loading any operating system. I still have a lot of my old
programs and games for the //+ and was curious if these would work with
the //e, the //c and the //gs. Can the //c and //gs use some Mac OSs?

System Expansion:

Are expansion cards interchangable between the //+, //e and //gs? Can
the //c be expanded at all? What type of cards are used with these
computers (like ISA for PCs and NuBus for Macs)? Can any of these
systems use hard drives? Which of these systems allow memory expansion?

Monitors:

All these computers have a video port on the back which seems to be a
simple RCA port for monochrome video. The //c and //gs have an
additional 15 pin Mac-like video port. I only have one monochrome video
cable and was wondering if I could use standard RCA video cabling to
connect my various monitors to these computers. Can the //c and //gs,
since they have the Mac-like RGB port, use Mac monitors? Can the
smallish RGB monitor which came with the //gs be used on a Mac?

Requisitioning:

Where would I be able to find various Apple components and old programs
and OSs for these Apple computers? I've seen a couple web sites which
have some older Apple // stuff for sale, but they seemed very expensive.
Also, if anyone could point me to some good Apple // web sites which
offer nearly endless amounts of info on these systems I would be very
grateful.

Thanks for taking the time to read my many questions.


Maynard