Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!hsdndev!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: IIGS. Whats happening With this Beast Message-ID: <15769@smoke.brl.mil> Date: 8 Apr 91 21:52:39 GMT References: Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 31 In article steveh@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Steven Howell) writes: >Whats the latest GS like. Is it worth buying and is it still being >manufactured. Since you already have an Apple //e, a IIGS would be a convenient upgrade path, since much of your existing software could still be used, in addition to new IIGS-only software. There was also an upgrade kit available for the //e; I don't know whether that is still offered. The current version of the Apple IIGS is still being sold; it comes with 1MB of RAM on the motherboard (expandable via a special memory expansion slot; 2MB total is recommended since some applications require more than 1MB) and goes by the name "ROM 3". >Do they have SCSI ports No, but you can add that via a $149 SCSI interface card, the two Apple models of which are supported by the standard operating systems. >How fast are the new models, as the earlier models are a joke at 2.8mhz As Apple delivers them, that is still the maximum clock rate. However, CPU accelerators are available from third-party vendors (Applied Engineering's TransWarp/GS and Zip Technology's Zip Chip/GS, in three models). Most serious IIGS users have an accelerator (7MHz is typical). Innovative Systems also markets a 68881-based floating-point processor for Apple IIs. >and what sort of video does it have. RGB and NTSC (or PAL, etc. depending on where you buy it). Apple also markets a Video Overlay Card that is pretty nifty.