Apple IIgs Retro Review - It Died on the Table!

Buy one on EBay: http://lon.tv/epawz (affiliate link) It's the holiday season which means it's time for my annual retro review! This year we're taking a look at my Apple IIgs that is in the background in my set here. See more retro: http://lon.tv/retrorev and subscribe! http://lon.tv/s

VIDEO INDEX:
0:00 - Intro
01:21 - Hardware internals
03:53 - CFFA 3000 flash storage card overview
05:30 - Transwarp GS accelerator card
07:11 - Uthernet ethernet card
09:37 - Floppy drive overview
10:15 - Monitor and ADB port for keyboard/mice
12:33 - Booting a 33 year old Apple II floppy with games!
14:20 - Booting GS/OS from an image file with CFFA 3000
16:25 - GS/OS overview and comparison to Mac
18:08 - Lack of multitasking / Appleworks GS / Desk accessories
20:16 - Memory management
20:55 - Arching old floppy disks to disk images
23:24 - Booting up an old Hyperstudio stack with digitized audio
25:50 - Gaming: Arkanoid II the Revenge of Doh
26:47 - Gaming: California Games
27:31 - Oops! Power supply goes poof
28:01 - Gaming: FTA Space Harrier Demo
29:28 - Where to find IIgs emulators and disk images
31:10 - Booting up IIgs hard drive in emulation with Sweet16
32:18 - Conclusion and final thoughts

So many of you have asked about the IIgs over the years that I thought this would be a great time to cover it in depth. This was (and still is) a special computer for me so it was fun to share it. Unfortunately its power supply paid the ultimate price for delivering this video to you. But the good news is that I don't think any of the internal components were damaged.

Links:

What is the IIgs (emulators and disk images):
http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/

Sweet16:
http://www.sheppyware.net/software-ma...

XGS / Gsport:
http://gsport.sourceforge.net/

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