Re: FS: APPLE IIGS

[Jerry Jailall <jjailall@mindspring.com>]

> Robert, the Apple IIGS does not use (MS)DOS.  Further,
> Win95 no longer has a real MS-DOS in the case of the PC
> (it just has a "shell" that pretends to be DOS).  The
> Apple IIGS uses the GS/OS operating system, which can
> access Mac HFS and MS-DOS volumes as well as ProDOS,
> use TrueType fonts (with right software), generate
> Postscript, and yes it has a Finder.
> 
> With enough memory (4MB-8MB), a fast modem (14.4k or
> above), an Apple IIGS makes a good fax machine, word
> processor, desktop publisher, C or Pascal teacher,
> spreadsheet or database, or hypertext (HyperCard/HyperStudio)
> machine and you can surf the net with it too.
> 
> Some schools are stupid, which is a crime since most
> K-12 students lack typewriters.
> 
> FYI, in the LA area, where schools cling to their
> computers, they seem to be worth MUCH more than $2.
> 
> Read this:
> 
> From: ab616@chebucto.ns.ca (Tony Cianfaglione)
> Organization: Chebucto Community Net
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
> 
>   Where do you get 'command lines' from?  The GS has an extremely easy to
> use Finder (very Mac-like) and is fast when using a Transwarp or Zip
> accelerator card.  If you have a GS that a school never bothered to
> upgrade to include the later available systems, there are sources to buy
> system software and even download it from Apple.
> 
>    You're thinking of AppleSoft Basic for the 8 bit when you talk of
> command lines.  Even the 8 bits have a GUI available for them. You can
> find the Desktop program on many ftp sites.
> 
> -Scott G.

Did I say apple used DOS..NO. What is the point of spiffing up a IIGS. I
wouldn't even waste that kind of money on my LC. The schools will only
sell them cheap if they are trying to clear space and get rid of them,
not because you ask for one. In NC, a lot of scools are trying to do
that. The schools have gotten funding for new computers. They have no
space for the IIGS's, so they auction them off. Not a lot of people
come, therefor they are sold cheaply.

Robert
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