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This Apple II GS (shot form for: Graphic and Sound) is in great optical and technical condition - tested. It comes with 4! original Apple Floppys, all in great shape and the original Keyboard Part #; 658-4081. You get a copy of the legendary MouseDesk System vD1-1.0 (see some screenshots at GUIdebook - This is a very unique collectors item ite - see the photos. Download here the original Users Guide for the Apple IIgs by Apple

June 1985 - Apple Computer introduces the UniDisk 5.25 (seen on the right of the IIgs), the single 5.25-inch floppy disk drive, with the ability to daisy-chain additional drives through it.
In Sep. 1986 Apple Computer introduces the Apple IIgs, with the Apple 3.5 drive, for $1000 US. The last member of the Apple II line, The Apple IIgs was also the most powerful. It included expanded graphics and sound functions, and was initially offered with 256k of RAM, expandable to 8 MB. The IIgs also offered 128k of ROM, expandable to 1 MB. The IIgs shipped with a Mac-like interface and introduced the Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) port. (It also ran most other Apple II software.). In Sep. 1988 Apple Computer releases GS/OS, a 16-bit operating system for the Apple IIgs. The IIgs was later offered with 1 MB of RAM, and 256k of ROM. It could also hold a SCSI adapter card. In Dec. 1992 Apple Computer discontinues the Apple IIgs.

Wozniak was quite involved in designing the general layout of the IIGS. Insisting on keeping it simple, he recommended against a built-in co-processor (as they tried to do with the IIx). He also wanted to keep the 8-bit part of the machine separate from the 16-bit part. To accomplish this, he and the other engineers decided to design it so the memory in the lower 128K of the machine was "slow RAM", which made it possible for it to function just as it did on the older Apple II's. This included the memory allocation for the odd addressing schemes used in the text and graphics modes and (which made sense in 1976, but not in 1986). The rest of the available memory space would be fast, and could be expanded to as much as 16 megabytes. With a faster microprocessor, it would also be possible to run programs more quickly than on the older Apple II's. Info Source: Duprau, Jeanne, and Tyson, Molly. "The Making Of The Apple IIGS", A+ Magazine, Nov 1986: 57-74.

Sales were strong initially and the IIGS even outsold the black and white Macintosh units that were its contemporary. Sadly, Apple wanted Macintosh to be its future. The total number of advertisements and commercials for the IIGS could probably be counted on one hand. If the computer had been introduced a year or two earlier, things might have been different. The last member of the Apple II line, was the most powerful Apple. The IIgs was built around a Western Design Center 65C816 processor running at either 2.8 or 1 Mhz. It included expanded graphics and sound functions, and was initially offered with 256k of RAM, expandable to 8 MB. The IIgs also offered 128k of ROM, expandable to 1 MB. The IIgs shipped with a Mac-like interface and a IIgs-specific OS, and introduced the Apple Desktop Bus (ADB) port. (It also ran most other Apple II software.) The IIgs was later offered with 1 MB of RAM, and 256k of ROM. It could also hold a SCSI adapter card. It was discontinued in December of 1992.

The Ensoniq chip in the Apple IIGS was a brilliant move by Apple, but it drew a lawsuit from Apple Records, the Beatles' record label. Apple never again put a synthesizer chip in any computer. Even today, the Macintosh does not have hardware synthesizers. The Macintosh works around this by using software-based synthesis. Apple II GS Easter Egg: The IIGS with ROM version 3 has an audio recording built-in. Upon booting, when you see the "Open Apple" move back and forth on the screen, press <Control> <Open Apple> <Option> <N>. You will hear the IIGS design team shouting "Apple 2". Apple Museum has an actual sound sample on their Apple ][ GS page that you can listen to. On older sytems with ROM version 1, you will see developers credits.

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Apple™ // GS - der letzte Apple - mit 4 Floppys -

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Der Apple II GS (Kurzform für: Graphic and Sound) ist in annähernd unvergilbtem Zustand und hat das seltene Betriebssytem MouseDesk™ Version 2 von Apple dabei (als Sicherungskopie auf 400k Diskette), 2 x 3,5 Zoll und 2x 5.25 Zoll Floppys. Sie bekommen auch das original Keyboard, offenbar heute seltener als das ganze System. Das gilt auch für den original GS SW-Monitor. Der Apple //GS ist auch Color fähig, es gab einen Color Monitor für das System (nicht enthalten). Ich habe innerhalb mehrerer Jahre diese Teile zusammengetragen. Downloaden Sie den original Users Guide für den Apple IIgs von Apple

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Treue Apple-Kunden erwarteten eigentlich die zweite Generation des Macintosh, da präsentierte Apple Anfang 1986 einen Rechner, der nicht so recht ins Bild passen wollte: Der Apple II GS sollte eine Brücke schlagen vom mittlerweile doch sehr angejahrten //e hin zu den modernen, aber auch teuren Macs. Der Apple II GS war als Nachfolger des legendären Apple IIe gebaut worden und könnte als Zwischenglied zum Apple Macintosh bezeichnet werden. Das Gerät wurde (zumindest in Europa) recht selten verkauft. So wurde der Apple IIe länger gebaut als sein Nachfolger. Der Apple II GS ist Apple IIe-kompatibel und kann Software für Apple IIe ausführen. Er enthält die typischen Apple II-Slots und einen zusätzlichen Memory-Slot.

So erinnern Schnittstellen wie beispielsweise der Tastaturanschluß (ADB) an den Mac, während die Steckkarten vom Apple II übernommen werden konnten. Zudem wurde der II GS mit dem grafischen Desktop "Finder" geliefert, den er im Gegensatz zu den damals aktuellen Macs auch farbig darstellen konnte. Trotzdem war der II GS ein letzter Angehöriger einer aussterbenden Art und sollte nach eher mäßigem Erfolg auch Apples letzter 8-Bitter sein.

GS steht übrigens für Graphic und Sound. Der Apple II GS hat einen Ensoniq synthesizer chip, er ist der einzige Apple der je einen synthesizer chip eingebaut bekam, da Apple sofort Ärger mit Apple Records (das Beatles' Recordlabel) bekam. Die späteren Mac´s benutzen software basierte Sound Synthese.

Info zum Teil von www.homecomputermuseum.de

Codename: Cortland, Phoenix, Rambo, Gumby
Betriebssystem: Apple DOS / Mousedesk 2 (Graphic Interface) wie Finder
Hauptspeicher: 256KB / 128KB KB (max. 8MB RAM)
Prozessor: 65SC816, 2,8 MHz (von Western Design Center)
Anzeige: Text: 40/80x25,
Grafik: max. 640 x 200 Grafik monochrom, 320 x 200 bei 8 Farben
Hergestellt: 1985 - 198x
Damaliger Neupreis $ 2600

Der Apple // gs im Computermuseum München

Auch heute gibt es noch massig Apple IIgs Software zum downloaden

Das ganze System besteht aus: Apple II GS mit original SW Monitor, 2 x 3.5 Zoll und 2 x 5.25 Zoll Floppys, dem original Apple II GS Keyboard und der kantigen original Mouse und einer Sicherungskopie des kultigen Betriebsystems - Mousedesk v2 von Apple. Was will man mehr ? Der Rechner funktioniert noch immer tadellos.

The original MouseDesk System v D1-1.0 as a copy on 3,5 Disk
Das original MousDesk™ System v D1-1.0 als Sicherungskopie.




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