Re: Question on IIgs

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

James Poore (aw133@lafn.org) wrote:

: Almost all of the cards in the IIe will work on a GS except for 
: accelerator cards.  Cards that you wouldn't use on the GS would be

: 1) Serial cards--The GS has to serial ports built-in

But it only has two.  Should you happen to need three serial ports, you
can add a serial card to the IIgs.  Also, there exists an add-on for the
Super Serial Card to allow it to run faster than the GS serial port.  So
you *might* want to use a serial card on a GS, it is just *unlikely*.

: 2) Clock cards--The GS has a built-in clock

: 3) Aux Slot cards--No 60 pin slots

: 4) Ram Cards--The GS has its own Ram card slot that can take up to 8megs
:    Of course if you just have to have a little more you can use it.

: 5) Video cards--GS has its own built-in RGB video as well as NTSC video.

Although I use neither on mine, as I get considerably better picture
quality out of my Video Overlay Card.  And as a bonus, I can use that card
for overlaying graphics on video!  8-)

Just thought I would point those things out...

Happy ][ year!

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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