Article 153370 of comp.sys.apple2: Return-Path: X-Relay-IP: 209.40.103.8 Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 20:40:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <199910090040.UAA07756@no5.superb.net> X-Authentication-Warning: no5.superb.net: islander set sender to devnull@bauser.com using -f Path: news1.icaen!news.uiowa.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!newsfeed.enteract.com!chicago-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.gtei.net!news.alt.net!bauser.com!not-for-mail From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) Newsgroups: news.groups.reviews,comp.sys.apple2 Followup-To: comp.sys.apple2 Reply-To: supertimer@aol.com Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: REVIEW: comp.sys.apple2 Supersedes: <19991006023359.10260.00001502@ng-fz1.aol.com> Approved: news-groups-reviews-request@bauser.com (Michael Bauser) Lines: 80 Xref: news1.icaen news.groups.reviews:262 comp.sys.apple2:153370 Newsgroup: comp.sys.apple2 Moderater: none Description: Discussion about Apple II micros. FAQ-Location: ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/ Reviewer: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) Review-Date: 06 Oct 1999 06:33:59 GMT Many folks have them in their closets. When they first browse comp.sys.apple2 (csa2), they are often shocked at what the computer has to offer. The unit is the Apple IIGS and comp.sys.apple2 is the forum to find out what this awesome machine is really capable of. The Apple IIGS was the last of the Apple II computers. Many folks remember the Apple II from school. Sadly, this image diminishes our impression of how powerful the IIGS really is. You see, while the Apple II had no sound chip, the IIGS has a 32-voice wavetable synthesizer. While the Apple II was 8-bits with a 64k memory space, the Apple IIGS was a 16-bit unit with a 16MB memory space. It has a 12-bit palette (4096 colors) and can display 3200 of them at once. In fact, the IIGS was a totally new computer that was only able to run the older 8-bit Apple II software through emulation (it has an entire IIe shrunk on a chip built in). So if you have an Apple IIGS and always thought it was merely an 8-bit Apple II, think again. As Apple would say "Think Different." Come to csa2 and learn to unlease the potential of this computer. What do new users discover on csa2? Here are a few examples: Web browsing on the IIGS TCP/IP on the IIGS FTP, telnet, email through TCP/IP Adding 8MB of RAM and 8MB of "ROM" Playing Wolfenstein 3D Using the HFS file system on the IIGS Installing gigabyte+ hard disk drives Treasure hunting for cards inside your IIGS that may STILL be worth $hundred+! Playing MIDI files on the IIGS Playing MOD files on the IIGS Finding CD-ROMs for the IIGS Writing HTML on the IIGS Running HyperCard on the IIGS Desktop publishing on the IIGS Faxing documents to and from the IIGS Using laser and ink jet printers on the IIGS Finding TrueType fonts for the IIGS Finding software for the IIGS Writing software for the IIGS Helping build an Ethernet card for your IIGS AppleTalk on the IIGS Using Macintosh peripherals on the IIGS Using Amiga peripherals on the IIGS Using Apple II peripherals on the IIGS Emulating an IBM XT on the IIGS Emulating a Gameboy on the IIGS Adding a new CPU to the IIGS to multiply speed 5x Adding a math coprocessor to the IIGS The list goes on and on. Here's an eye opener: http://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Misc/advertisegs.gif http://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Misc/a2gsintro.gif If more than half the things on the above list surprise you about that computer in your closet, dust it off and come to comp.sys.apple2 and use your IIGS to the max! -- news.groups.reviews homepage: http://www.bauser.com/news.groups.reviews/index.html