Re: Apple IIBF (IIGS Prototype?)

[Dan Foster <usenet@evilphb.org>]

In article <db64d902.0406142010.83d9a23@posting.google.com>, Stefan Miganowicz <migan@bellatlantic.net> wrote:
> Hey everyone, it's been at least 4 or 5 years since I've last posted
> here. Back then I posted some questions about what appeared to be a
> IIe -> IIgs upgrade conversion.  Recently at a computer show I picked
> up this Apple IIBF which appears to be a genuine Apple IIgs prototype.
>  I thought I'd share some pics of it:

That IS *very* interesting!

First I'd heard of the IIBF, but digging through USENET archives, I
found a post that briefly mentioned the IIBF (posted in 1989).

Unfortunately, the post didn't elaborate on the IIBF and I got the
impression it may have been an aborted project at Apple; either that, or
it was just an early name for the GS before the marketing name was
finalized. There was also a mention of Gumby, which was a nickname for
the GS, that much I know.

-Dan