[Ti] a Mac OS X/Windows dual booting machine

[John Tierney]

> On 2/26/03 1:49 AM, "Glenn Verhalle" <glenn at datalinesolutions.net> wrote:
> 
>>> Yup, you're right.
>>> 
>>> The almighty IIGS.. We had a IIGS (GS stands for Graphics and Sound) at my
>>> high school.. We were always tinkering with it.. It did NOT come with a
>>> Signed certificate from Woz and his team though :-(  (still have a relative
>>> - the IIc in my closet).
>>> 
>>> I think you are referring to the Rana cards? They supplied the II's with the
>>> functionality of running IBM PC software(around 1984), I don't know about
>>> running Windblows 3.11 (which came out around '92). Apparently it did not
>>> work very well. Rana went Chap.11 in 85. There was also the PC Transporter
>>> Card but neither of these came from Apple (which is what we were talkin'
>>> about) and they both sucked very hard!
>> 
>> It was the PC Transporter card from Allied Engineerin (not sure about
>> that name but something similar to that) but they were also the guys
>> who made the first GS accellerator (Transwarp GS) moving it to an
>> amazing 7Mhz (I loved the startup sound from the board).
> 
> Hilarious!
> 
> Not to strectch this thread longer than it's already been,
> 
> But I have to say my FAVOURITE upgrade of that day was the 80 Column upgrade
> card.. A friend and I both had IIe's and I got one before him.. Boy did I
> brag! hahaha
> 

My favorite upgrade was the small hardware mod that put a toggle switch on
the back of the Apple ][ that actually allowed the machine to display lower
case characters! I still have that machine in the basement somewhere...


John Tierney
jthome at bellatlantic.net