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Post #9 by Elfen
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateMon, 16 Feb 2015 - 15:47
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/gs-limited-edition.1276/
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As I remember from the Big Apple User's Group, there are a lot of issues with the limited edition Woz IIgs. Memory expansion is limited to 4 megs max and that depends on the ROM Version you have, as the older ROM 0 (I believe) can only address 1 or 2 megs of RAM. The newer ROM 3 can access 16Meg RAM Cards (AE made them, not Apple).

There are also issues with what ProDOS and GUI you can use with them as well. And finally, (not sure if this is the correct name for them) you cant use the IIgs TransWarp Accelerator (or as it the IIgs ZipChip?) on them without doing some surgery to the board.

The IIgs was Woz's idea before Jobs & Apple kicked him out of the company. Jobs thought that Woz's continue love for the 6502 Apple was going to interfere with the 68K Macs, and thought that the Apple II was a limited machine. The IIgs disproved it but with Woz gone, there was no more Apples in the Apple Orchard, only Macs.

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