Re: Apple IIBF (IIGS Prototype?)

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@orcon.net.nz>]

In <slrncct4fc.ke6.usenet@gaia.roc2.gblx.net> Dan Foster  wrote:
> 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

The name IIBF was used in preproduction IIGS ROMs, but I can't say 
whether this was a codename or was intended to be the final name.

Apple User magazine from October 1986 contains an article on the newly 
introduced IIGS. They were obviously given an early IIGS to review so 
that the article would be ready for the IIGS's debut, as while the 
motherboard was in the proper case, it also had the extender ROM board 
and booted up IIBF.

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://vintageware.orcon.net.nz/
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