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Subject: //e to //gs upgrade
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Date: 1 May 89 05:43:00 GMT
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From:   EDU%"sk2f+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU"      "Seth D. Kadesh" 30-APR-1989 20:25:49.01
Re: Subj:       Give 'em all a GS!

> out there!!??!  If Apple had pushed harder for the IIe -> GS
>conversion kit, it might have sold more.  This isn't even considering
>the IIs and II+s, or the IIcs.
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Apple did produce a //e to //GS conversion kit.  And it works (though you may
need to get an entirely new case).  The problem is that it costs $500 plus
labor.  Since you don't get a mouse with this (an ADB mouse costs about $100)
and you don't get the 256K memory either, it makes a lot more sense cost-wise
to keep your //e and buy a whole new //GS package (especially if you want an
RGB monitor too).  I'm probably one of the few people with an upgraded //e.
The only nice thing about it is that the upgraded //gs has the sturdy //e case
and the old keyboard.  (You do lose the keypad though).


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