Three GS questions

[joe@smoe.com (Joe Seeley)]

Hi there.

I recently got a hold of a GS system I had quite a while ago and even after 
reading the quite exhaustive FAQ as a refresher course (good going to all who 
helped create it!) have three questions that remain.  If you have a spare 
moment, a quick reply would be appreciated if you have the answer.  Thanks in 
advance.

1) My Apple RGB is fuzzier and blurrier than I recall.  The Finder is really 
bad and even 40 column text mode is fuzzy.  I have seen other GS systems 
recently and they didn't seem this bad.  Yes, I know the dot pitch and refresh 
rate for the monitor is atrocious by today's standards but still think it is 
out of whack.  I recall doing 80 column Zork games and the text being quite 
readable.  Not a chance on this puppy.  The three knobs on the back don't help 
with this obviously.  If I open up the monitor, will I find a focus knob like 
there is internally on many SVGA monitors (all the ones I have opened up)?  If 
not, what to do?

2) I have a regular 3.5 as well as an AE HD 3.5.  I took a HD 3.5 and 
formatted it as a 1600k floppy.  I tried to read it on a PowerPC at work but 
not luck.  That didn't surprise me considering they only go up to 1.44 so I 
formatted it (as well as several other floppies) from the PowerPC as a 1.44 
ProDOS disk.  They even had the "II" icon when I put them in the PowerPC.  
However, I took them back to the IIGS and no go.  Am I doing something wrong 
or is the AE HD not able to handle these 1.44 ProDOS floppies?  Please help as 
I am trying to get quite a few AppleWorks GS 1.1 word processing Docs off my 
hard drive onto a Mac and from there to a PC so I can have backups and use 
them.

3) Finally, I have a 9Mhz ZipGS accelerator.  I would like to make it go as 
fast as possible.  I read the MiniFAQ on this but it is "mini" indeed.  I read 
one section about finding a part for the upgrade but it did not lay all the 
necessary steps by a long shot.  A) Is this info available anywhere? and B) Is 
it worth it?  Is a 12.5 or high Mhz ZipGS that much faster than a 9Mhz to 
warranty messing with it?

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Joe Seeley
Ojai, CA  USA