Apple IIgs in Apple II case?

From: Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal_at_MICROSOFT.com>
Date: Tue May 26 21:10:48 1998

Seems like a cool find. Historically, all such upgrades have been 90% of
the purchase price for a new machine -- up to and including Apple's more
recent PowerMac upgrade boards, so I'm not surprised that it's rare.

If it's a mag like Byte or kilobaud, I'd love to know the issue #.

Kai

-----Original Message-----
From: SUPRDAVE [mailto:SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 7:02 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: Apple IIgs in Apple II case?


yes indeedy, apple provided an upgrade path for //e users. for $500 you got
a
new gs planar, and a sticker that replaced the lower case apple //e one with
//gs. of course, one of the caveats is you didnt get ADB and seperate
keyboard. i dont think many people upgraded due to the price. i have an old
magazine that had a writeup about the upgrade. if anyone's that interested i
can look up details or make copies. message me privately.

david


In a message dated 98-05-26 21:15:04 EDT, you write:

<< > It's not a conversion or anything, it's original from Apple. It looks
> exactly like a IIe except for the model emblem and the back panel.
 
 As someone already pointed out, you have an official Apple product, a //e-
 to-//gs upgrade. When we got our family //e, I had fantasies about that
 upgrade, but we never got it (and I guess VERY few other people did
either).
 
 I seem to remember the list price as around $800. $864? Something like
that. >>
Received on Tue May 26 1998 - 21:10:48 BST