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/ Apple II Enthusiasts Facebook Group:   / 5251478676   Subscribe to my email list to get a weekly digest of upcoming videos! - http://lon.tv/email See my second channel for supplementary content : http://lon.tv/extras Visit the Lon.TV store to purchase some of my previously reviewed items! http://lon.tv/store Read more about my transparency and disclaimers: http://lon.tv/disclosures Want to chat with other fans of the channel? Visit our forums! http://lon.tv/forums Want to help the channel? Start a Patreon subscription! http://lon.tv/patreon Follow me on Facebook!   / lonreviewstech   Follow me on Twitter!   / lonseidman   Catch my longer interviews in audio form on my podcast! http://lon.tv/itunes http://lon.tv/stitcher or the feed at http://lon.tv/podcast/feed.xml Follow me on Google+ http://lonseidman.com