Re: Which Color Classic to use a IIe card in?

["Craig Bower" <to.email.me@post.a.request>]

"Paul G." <carbide@egine.com> wrote in message

> Yes, in 24 bit memory mode but not in 32 bit mode. Set that in the
> Memory Control Panel, or if you remove the battery it defaults to 24
> bit. If you then want 32 bit memory, just change it with the control
> panel and reboot. The only reason you might want 32 bit memory access
> is that the max memory is limited in 24 bit mode- might be 8 or 12
> megs max, can't remember. I have 32 megs in mine. That only matters if
> you're using it as a Mac.
>
> This is my favorite 8 bit Apple II. Compact, color screen, built in
> accelerator and scsi hard disk, external SCSI connector, and 3.5"
> floppy. You'd have to pay a bundle for all those features in a IIe.
> Plus, you get a cool Mac which is much faster than a stock Color
> Classic. You can store your archive of Apple II files on it and easily
> transfer them to 3.5" or 5 1/4" prodos disks for your other Apple
> II's.  Shrink II is a useful utility for this.
>
> You can also swap in an ethernet card in place of the IIe card, or use
> it as an Apple Talk server for your IIgs's.
>
> One other upgrade you can do to a Mystic is increase the screen
> resolution to VGA. This requires doing some trace cutting and
> soldering to modify the output of the flyback transformer.
> -Paul

Hi Paul,

Awesome, thanks for the wealth of info on this Mac model.

Going to spend a lil time today looking up CC's and the Mystic upgrade
on the 'net.  See what I can come up with.

Cheers,
Craig