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From: DICKSON@HARTFORD.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Dem upgrade blues....
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Date: 13 Apr 88 19:13:00 GMT
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Okay, I admit it.  I made a bad choice in upgrading my //e to a GS rather
than selling the old system and buying a new one.

The final step in reaching that decision came yesterday, when my Applied
Engineering Battery Backup system came, with which I was going to make my
AE Ramcard into a ROMdisk.  However, the card does not fit inside the case
of a //e.  I called Checkmate, and they have a custom option that will allow
their Ramsaver to fit in an upgraded //e, but you have to (A) drill a hole in
the top of the case or leave the cover off, and (B) count slot 7 as lost
forever, since the card will block it.  Plus you have to yank out the internal
keyboard socket.

So I have several options.  Return the card and wait for one that fits to be
designed, go with the Checkmate option, build a new case (I'm no craftsman),
or buy an empty GS case (about $100).

Does anybody have any other ideas?  Also, if I buy the GS case, I'll have a
//e case with system saver attached for sale, if anybody wants it.  Make me
an offer.

Bill Dickson
DICKSON@HARTFORD.BITNET