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From: ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher)
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Subject: Re: buying the //gs
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Date: Wed, 8-Oct-86 17:10:46 EDT
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> Well, all this excitement about the //GS has gotten me thinking about 
> somehow selling parts of my existing systems and upgrading to the 
> //GS.  I have a 64k ][+ with videx 80 columns, Keytronic 200,copy card, cpm,
> 2 drives, parallel card, epson mx-80, zenith 12" green phosphor..
> 
> I also have a //c, usr 1200 baud, 2 drives, okidata 192, 9 inch
> apple monitor and stand.
> 
> Anyone have any suggestions about how I could upgrade (as in what I should
> sell/ what I whould keep)..  Is it really worth upgrading to the
> //gs??  My main use for my //'s are for programming...  basic/assembly
> word proc. and telcom....  any suggestions are welcome...
> 
> respones can be posted or sent to
> 
> harvard!husc4!nakada
> 
> paul nakada
>  

Keep the parallel card for the Epson and your 5.25 inch drives will
still work but Apple is pushing 3.5's hard, the system software is on 3.5 inch disksn               n  
3.5 inch disks.  Your green monitor will still work, it will show
shades of grey instead of color. the keyboard and 80 column boards won't
work or be needed.  The modem and external //c drive will work fine.
If you program, Apple is coming out with a very powerful programming
environment that supports Assembler, C and Pascal.  Be warned this
toolkit requires 768K to run so you will need a memory board, either
Apple's or Applied Engineering's (possibly others soon).  You may
want to keep the //c for its portability and to use its software
that won't work with the //gs (telecommunications).  I'd sell the
//+ and drives and get a 3.5 inch drive and system unit, you could
use your //c drive if you needed 5.25 inch disk access.  Your CP/M
card will probably still work but you may need a small software 
patch.  You'll get a faster, more powerful system than either of
your present systems with a lot more memory to program.  

Rick Fincher
ranger@ecsvax