Re: Apple IIgs Upgrade From Apple //e

[buggie@aix06.unm.edu (Stephen E Buggie)]

I wrote an article for II ALIVE magazine about five years back, calling 
this the STEALTH IIGS --- spouse would not realize that you snuck another 
computer into the house, since it looks just like the old IIe you always 
had.  I will locate the file and will upload it to the group.  I think I 
built 4-5 of them myself.

An advantage is that the IIe keyboard has a better "feel" than the newer 
detachable IIgs keyboard.  Steve Buggie


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Mark Cummings (NOTfigjams@primus.com.au) wrote:
: > Adding those connectors (if they aren't already present) isn't too big a
: > deal...I added a numeric-keypad connector to mine.  I suspect that
: someplace
: > like DigiKey would have both connectors.  Another possibility would be to
: > splice a different connector onto the power supply leads to plug into the
: > IIGS's normal power-supply connector.

: changing the connectors would be easy enough for some if you can find them
: all. the keyboard connector is easy enough to find, but the power connector
: is another story.

: > As for the expansion cards, the only one I've run across that wouldn't
: drop
: > in was the Sequential RAM-GS, and that was fixed with a few minutes with a
: > Dremel.  (There are no traces in the corner that needs to be trimmed off.)

: I beg to differ, I have 3 different IIGS RAM cards and only one fits.
: -the GS Juice Plus does not (front edge to square),
: -the Sirius RAM does not (can't fit SIMMs to the back),
: -but the GS RAM Ultra does, provided you:
:   a) cut a small notch inside the //e lid (not visible on the outside), and
:   b) mod the RAM card for compatability with ROM-1.

: since I couldn't wait for an //e with GS upgrade knowing they are rare now,
: I built my own, but went a step further and built a Platinum //e with GS
: Upgrade. I call it an "Apple II PeGS". It has the advantage of the extra
: keypad, making it rarer than an upgraded beige //e. The hardest part by far
: is modifying the old base to allow for the IIGS connectors.

: Mark