
Apple II Computer Info
With a TWGS in your IIGS and the amount of
memory you have you'll probably want to run mostly
IIGS native 16-bit GS/OS based stuff in the first
place. Who wants to hear the pathetic 8-bit Apple
II beeps when you can hear the power of the 16-bit
software that uses the IIGS' 32-channel Ensoniq
wavetable synthesis chip's. And who wants to look
at old 8-bit lores Pong-like stuff when you can play
with 16-bit stuff like 3200 color graphics and games
such as Out of this World, Lemmings, and
Wolfenstein 3D on the IIGS.
* DOS 3.3 is an old OS that supports only 5.25"
drives without a hack of some sort. This is
what the "DOS 3.3 Emulator" does. It also does
not support subdirectories and is very slow.
ProDOS is an operating system introduced with
the 8-bit IIe and IIc. It supports hard drives and
CD-ROMs and other mass storage devices. It
supports subdirectories but is limited to 32MB
per partition.
GS/OS is the Apple IIGS 16-bit operating system.
It supports any device with the right driver and it
works under a GUI that it is distributed with. It
is also file system independent. Using the HFS
file system, GS/OS can use partition sizes up to
2GB. The latest distribution is called System
6.0.1, which comes with an application called
Finder. The IIGS Finder resembles the Mac
Finder a lot. The IIGS works best when used
with 16-bit software. When using 8-bit software
under an 8-bit OS, it is essentially running a IIe
emulation.
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Apple II Computer Technical Information : Apple II Family Hardware Info
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/miscinfo/hardware : May 2001 : 524 of 572
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