Re: A2 Dream System

[johnt@meaddata.com (John Townsend)]

In article <2j4o26$pds@rbse.Mountain.Net>, quinn@Mountain.Net (Quinn Avery) writes:
|> 
|> I'd like to hear some ideas on the Apple 2 `Dream System'.  I'm
|>  on a Laser 128ex now, have been raised on Apple, and have a
|>  soft spot in my wormy core for it.  A friend's sending me her
|>  old IBM PS/2, but I still have an itch to buy a nice GS system.
|> 
|> My main interests would be in telecomm, graphics viewing, and
|>  word processing.  I suppose what I'm really asking is-- what's
|>  a good IIGS system composed of?  ROMs, minimum acceptable
|>  acceleration, hard drive, RAM, OS?  How much would everything cost,
|>  if indeed I can even buy it new/refurbished?
|> 
|> Scuse me if I'm unclear.  I'm between turns on MOO-scrabble whilst
|>  posting this.  Heh.

Here's my system:

    Apple IIgs ROM 3 (in a Woz case)
    MEM Slot:  CV Tech CV-RAM card with 7 MB (8 MB total RAM)
    Slot 1:  AE Audio Animator stereo/MIDI card
    Slot 2:  ZipGS 12MHz/64K cache accellerator
    Slot 3:  Apple Video Overlay Card
    Slot 4:  AST Vision Plus Enhanced video digitizer
    Slot 5:  Apple SuperDrive controller (with two 3.5" 1.4MB SuperDrives)
    Slot 6:  AE PC Transporter
    Slot 7:  CV Tech RamFAST SCSI controller, 1 MB cache, connecting to a
             200MB Connor hard drive in an internal Econ Pegasus power supply
             enclosure, an AppleCD 150 CD-ROM drive, and an Apple 40MB tape
             backup drive.
    Printer port:  Imagewriter II
    Modem port:  SupraFaxModem 14.4
    Disk port:  Two Apple 5.25 drives
    ADB port:  Apple Extended Keyboard and mouse
    RGB port:  Apple RGB monitor (well, actually the monitor is plugged into
	       the PC Transporter, which is plugged into the VOC)
    Joystick port:  CH Products Mach III joystick

My current project is to network this sucker via AppleTalk/Phonenet through
the printer port with my Apple IIe and Mac SE/30 systems.  I'd also like to
put it in a tower case if I can, since the IIgs case is simply crammed too
full.  Otherwise, it's a great system and I'm happy with it.

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