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IIe to IIgs Conversion Picture Collectrion Pictures and text compiled and collected from the Ebay auction website - 7/7/98 Graphics enhanced and converted by Charles T. 'Dr. Tom' Turley Description IIgs conversion in a IIe case What's wrong with these pictures? It says IIgs on a IIe. Apple made a FEW (about 750 total) of these machines with the all-in-one case of the IIe. Functionally it's the standard IIgs inside. Shown in this folder and contained within the 'GSConv.SHK' archive are three color graphics (in both jpeg and gif format) with Apple High Res RGB monitor, and external 3.5 (800k) disk drive, as well as a close-up of the top left keyboard and inserted IIgs logo. The GSConv.SHK also contains all three graphics converted to IIgs SHR format (in the specific Paint 816 SHR format reduced to 320 size). It isn't a factory unit per se -- it's a regular IIe that has had a IIGS upgrade kit installed; which included a ROM 01 motherboard and custom IIe e metal base bottom plate or pan, plus a nifty IIGS logo sticker. All the Apple technition did was pop out the IIe logo and stick the IIGS one in. The upgrade was $500 way back when and upgraded either the beige or platinum IIe -- the only difference in the kits being the color of the bottom plate or pan. No sticker was offered to replace the IIe logo on the platinum cases. The units are not common because most people who wanted a IIGS just went ahead and bought an entire unit. The GS upgrade appealed to those on limited budgets who wanted to upgrade piecemeal and of course, it also allowed school districts to upgrade without justifying new computer purchase requests. I have one of these conversions without the stickers or case. It's simply a IIgs motherboard ROM 01 attached to the metal bottom plate or IIe pan, with a custom backplate like the standard IIgs has only it's also metal.