IIgs memory cards in IIe case

[casa@vesta.unm.edu (Jim Pittman)]

Thanks to everyone who responded about upgrading a IIe to a IIgs; you
provided a lot of useful information. But now I have another question.

Where can one get a 4-meg memory card that will fit inside the IIe case?

 /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:._               Taper to clear
|                                        ~:._      <== the IIe cover.
|  Apple's 1-Meg card looks like this.        ~:.
|                                                |
|                                                |     (Keyboard end)
 ~~~~~|_|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|||||||||||||~~~~

                         :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:      No taper and
Certain other            |                       |  <== not enough
memory cards             |                       |      clearance.
look like this:          |                       |
                         |                       |     (Keyboard end)
                         ~~~~~~~|||||||||||||~~~~

That is, the card has a square corner that fits a IIgs case okay, but it
will not fit under the IIe cover. I get the impression that few or no
companies make IIgs hardware that will live in the IIe case.

Yes, I know I can leave the cover off the IIe case. Yes, I know I can look
for a used "real" IIgs for sale. But I think I'd prefer the IIe keyboard
to the quasi-chiclet IIgs keyboard, and I don't need a numeric keypad.

Thanks for any information on "fitting" 4-meg (or greater) memory cards.

- Jim Pittman - University of New mexico - 505-277-8131 - casa@ariel.unm.edu