From: adri0001@student.tc.umn.edu ()
Subject: Jeff Harrits -- Apple IIgs stuff
Summary: How to use the machines you have
Keywords: Apple IIgs Forever!
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 20:57:44 GMT

Let's hope this gets to you...

I own two Apple IIgs'.  One of them, I am attemping to sell...the other one is configured
as follows:

o Stereo Sound Card connected to my booming stereo :)
o 2 MB of RAM soon to be 3 MB
o 8 MHz ZIP Technologies accelerator
o RamFAST SCSI Card (presently I have two...I will upgrade one of them soon)
o 105 MB External SCSI Hard Drive
o 210 MB External SCSI Hard Drive
o 2 3.5" floppies
o RGB Monitor
o ROM 01 CPU
o System Software v6.0
   - this is probably the best part of the IIgs...if you don't have it, we'll have to find
      a way for you to get it...
o Intel 14,400ex external modem
o Apple ImageWriter II printer w/ LOADS of paper :)

That's about it...it's pretty loaded and I have spent quite a bit of money on it.  Now, I
own a few pieces of fantasic software.  How much do you know about UNIX?  I'm sure
you're all too familiar with the desktop interface that the Macintoshes have...well, Apple
Inc. released System Software v6.0  which has this interface and a little more.  Jawaid
Bazyar wrote SwitchIt which is a desktop application that lets you have more than one
application loaded at once, but only one can be running at any one time.  GNO is a
multitasking shell for the IIgs that is very UNIX-like...it's hard to explain what exactly
it is, but I can probably send you a press release on it.

There are lots of other things...I'd be very happy to share what I know with you.  If you give
me a detailed account of what you have at your lab, how it's set up, what kind of network you
have set up there if any, and how you're getting out to the Internet, then I can probably do
some work and get you the information you need.

Now, if you're looking to upgrade your lab, I'd say that if you were to allocate about $5,000 you
could probably get a pretty good setup for the IIgs side of your network when you get your
Macs.  There is a great deal of fantastic software out there, but none of it is known world-wide.
Let's face it, the IIgs market is just not being supported by Apple, and that's too bad.  Some
of the above things I mentioned may be good for helping with the networking cause but probably
wouldn't enhance the student learning side much...there's a nice drawing program that came 
out called DreamGraphix that allows you to load and edit 3200 color images on the IIgs.  It's
very nice, and packed with great drawing utilities...may be ideal for your classroom situation.
Write back, and we can see what we can do together.  The IIgs is a much more powerful
machine than most think...in fact, there are only a few out there that really know what it
can do...I'm one of those few, adn I've seen some pretty incredible demos written...

Anyway, enough is enough....I'm sure you'll be in touch.  It was nice hearing from you.  I'm
going to post this to k12.chat.teacher as well...it should benefit others as well, I hope :)

Amrit
   -=-=-=  Amrit Chauhan --- Conciousness can be Demystified  -=-=-=-
 -=-=-=  achauhan@math.macalstr.edu - #AppleIIgs forever        -=-=-=-
-=-=-=   Conciousness depends on its associated concepts.         =-=-=-
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ah..well, the formatting could be better, but it's somewhat readable...sorry
about that, but it's be best I could do :)

-- 
   -=-=-=  Amrit Chauhan --- Conciousness can be Demystified  -=-=-=-
 -=-=-=  achauhan@math.macalstr.edu - #AppleIIgs forever        -=-=-=-
-=-=-=   Conciousness depends on its associated concepts.         =-=-=-
-=-=-=   Cartesian Duelism is giving up on science.   -->--<@     =-=-=-