Re: Replacing the 6502 with a faster chip

["brad" <mrbrad@(remove)ll.net>]

i don't remember why it did not fit...maybe it was the newer //e type power
supply that kinda looks like the //gs one in how it is built..but if i
remember right the bottomplate was the problem..did not fit at all...but
that was like 20 plus years ago i tried it more/less so don't remember ..but
ended up not doing it

anyway this would be done it would in my humble opinon have to be a step by
step kit with instructions all the little mounting stuff etc..templates for
drilling holes etc...whatever...anything that gets me away from the dremel
tool

brad

"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.dotnet> wrote in message
news:LeXVc.34934$jZ5.5166@clgrps13...
> brad wrote:
> > this is prob obvious to everyone..but...you could get by using the gs
port
> > for the regular gs keyboard in the back....not sure but if a pan could
be
> > made for the //e platinum version with the numeric keypad..well..at
least it
> > would be an orig upgrade for that //e to //gs upgrade...i tried it
once..it
> > was a no go with a //e upgrade kit i had
> >
> > just an idea..i must have like 4 to 5 blown empty //e and  a couple ][
> > cases...could revive them for something...at least the //e's
>
> I can think of lots of reasons to put a IIgs board in a IIe case.
> Putting it in a case and not being able to use the keyboard loses a
> lot of the appeal.
> A thought occurs. If the II+ has a keyboard encoder you should be
> able to remove that and make an adapter to let you use it with a
> IIgs ROM 1 board. It depennds on what pattern the keys are wired in.
> If it doesn't match the pattern on a IIe, well then a custom keyboard
> ROM would fix that.
>
> I'm curious as to wht the upgrade wouldn't fit your platinum IIe.
> Except for the earliest beige IIe, the pans in my beige and platinum
> IIe are identical except for the paint colour. I've installed a
> platinum case onto a beige bottom.
>
> Wayne