Seems like a cool find. Historically, all such upgrades have been 90% of the purchase price for a new machine -- up to and including Apple's more recent PowerMac upgrade boards, so I'm not surprised that it's rare. If it's a mag like Byte or kilobaud, I'd love to know the issue #. Kai -----Original Message----- From: SUPRDAVE [mailto:SUPRDAVE@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 1998 7:02 PM To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers Subject: Re: Apple IIgs in Apple II case? yes indeedy, apple provided an upgrade path for //e users. for $500 you got a new gs planar, and a sticker that replaced the lower case apple //e one with //gs. of course, one of the caveats is you didnt get ADB and seperate keyboard. i dont think many people upgraded due to the price. i have an old magazine that had a writeup about the upgrade. if anyone's that interested i can look up details or make copies. message me privately. david In a message dated 98-05-26 21:15:04 EDT, you write: << > It's not a conversion or anything, it's original from Apple. It looks As someone already pointed out, you have an official Apple product, a //e- to-//gs upgrade. When we got our family //e, I had fantasies about that upgrade, but we never got it (and I guess VERY few other people did either). I seem to remember the list price as around $800. $864? Something like that. >>