Re: Complete Basic?

[limtc <thyechean@gmail.com>]

On 9 18 ,   10 28 , Michael Kent <mich...@syndicomm.remove.this.com>
wrote:

> If you think it's just the power supply that's bad, perhaps you can
> have someone ship you just a power supply?  That would be cheaper than
> shipping a whole CPU.  You have the rest of your GS still, right?

Mmm... not quite. It is in my home town (in Malaysia - I live in
Singapore now), and I am not sure whether it is still there (should
be) or anything has happened to it (most probably).

> (Of course that may depend on the details of the electrical system in
> Singapore (120v? 240v? 50Hz? 60Hz?).  Is it the same as the US, Europe,
> or Australia?).

240v. I think is 60Hz... just this question itself it is hard for me
to answer, I am really not a typical Apple IIGS owner nowadays - just
a software guy.

> > Unlike many of us who just simply collecting, if I get
> > one I will wanted to give it to my son as his main machine (he is now
> > using Mac Mini + Sweet16) so he can properly grow up as an Apple IIGS
> > programmer.
>
> :-)

He is already one. You can check his web site, the code is simple but
he is already started on graphics and animation. You will probably see
his first game by end of this year (of course, he can't test on a real
GS).

http://virtualgs.larwe.com/Virtual_GS/Lim_Ding_Wen.html

> If you have a working SCSI card, you can go that route.  But if you
> don't, I'd recommend a Compact Flash For Apple II (CFFA) instead.

Huh? That's such a thing?

> Ethernet cards and modems are still available, and there is the Apple-
> talk solution too if you have an older Mac.

No, all my Mac can't even boot up in Classic.

> Keep trying.  Where there's a will, there's a way.
>
> Mike

Hope so.