IIgs The Future

During the tumultuous era where Apple cast the Apple II aside in favour of the Macintosh, they also threw out a really special little computer: the Apple IIgs. It combined the Apple II’s anything-goes accessibility with 16-bit performance and FrogDesign’s good looks. I’d never had one before, but have started to get interested in them recently. Let’s see what it takes to get this slightly battered example running. Part of exploring the world of old computers means that you get to re-evaluate your opinion of the old computers. When I first started collecting old Macs many years ago, I didn’t have any time for the Apple II systems. They’re so limited, I thought, and not at all fun and colourful like the Macs were. I regret not having held onto more of those systems at the time, when they were cheap and plentiful, and after getting to know the IIgs through various meets and emulator adventures, I really regret not trying it earlier. Now they’re a little harder to find; many of them have…