Re: iigs as a "Poor Mans" accelerated //e

[zzjoki@gmail.com]

On Sep 11, 8:41 pm, David Schmenk <dschm...@YUCH.gmail.com> wrote:
> zzj...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I always thougth that if I needed more //e speed I could use a IIgs in
> > the //e mode.
>
> > I heard that some folks use to use the IIgs almost exclusively in
> > the //e mode (but that was before I was involved).
>
> > Could I use  the IIgs as if it were a 3x accelerated //e and not
> > notice the difference except for the box and keyboard?
>
> > (or maybe I should just "man up" and buy an accelerator (somehow) for
> > the //e. )
>
> If you want to use it for productivity apps and development tools, I
> would say "yes", it works fine.  Having the ability to run GS/OS, use
> 800K disk drives without expensive interface cards, and a cheap 1 MB RAM
> disk is a plus.  And, like a few of us have done, you can hack your ROM
> 1 motherboard into a //e case to fix the visual and keyboard anomalies.
>
> Dave...

Ok thanks. It seems a little bit of a silly question, but you don't
hear of folks using a IIgs that way nowadays, so I wondered if there
were some reasons (other than just using it with gs/os)