How much hardware is required - a networking solution, please.

[o.CRepin-leblond@ic.ac.UK (Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond)]

Hello,

I have not been following the Apple II scene for about 4 years now,
so please bear with my stupidity and/or naivity in that domain.

In 10 months I'll have to spend a full 10 months in the South of
France, where I have an Apple II GS. What I'd like is to use the
IIgs for keeping in touch with international email networks
and usenet news. I am computer litterate enough to do that
using my PC here in UK, but for personal reasons I am not
willing to take the PC down to France.

The problem is that my IIgs is still in the same state as 4 years ago.
In fact, it's in the same state as 6 years ago. I used to be pretty
litterate with my good ol' ][+ and the IIgs inherited most of the
peripherals from the ][+.

So here is the hardware description: (nostalgic corner)

- Apple IIgs, 512k RAM (that includes a near-empty memory card)
- 2 x Disk ][  5.25 in floppy drives
- mouse
- CP/M card  (only works at the slower speed)
- B/W monitor
- Colour monitor
- Silentype Printer (yes, the thermal paper one !!!)
- 256k additional RAM card (only works for a few applications)
- ROM revision 1

Note the lack of 3.5 inch drive.

So now the question is:

-> what additional hardware do I require to be able to use the IIgs
as either:

- full connection to Internet host server running PPP or SLIP
- uucp connection
- any other way possible

The connection in each case would be dialup, downloading & uploading
information in a restricted amount of time.

Most important: How much would it cost me to acquire all this hardware.
ie: price of RAM, 3.5 floppy, cheapo' modem, etc. 2nd hand (or even 3rd ;)).

Answers via email directly to me are preferred, but not essential.

Cheers,

O. (who is >forced< to use PCs when an Apple is really in his heart :-) )



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Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond, Digital Comms. Section, Elec. Eng. Department
 Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BT, UK
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