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Man, I wanted a IIGS so bad back in the day.

I remember our school computer lab had a whole bunch of Apple IIe's, a single Mac, and a single IIGS. The GS was by far the most coveted because (unlike most Macs of that era) it had a COLOUR screen and could play relatively advanced games. Eventually they upgraded to mostly Macs.

Dad ended up buying a 386 PC, which was probably for the best. Those SVGA graphics!

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I had an Apple IIc, but wanted a IIgs. A flame war on a local BBS convinced me the Amiga was better, so I went with an A500.

The A500 was a sweet machine though...

Absolutely! I expanded mine gradually: added 2.5 megs RAM, 30 meg HD. It was pretty badass for 1989.

And upgrading your Kickstart from 1.2/1.3 to 2.04!

2.04 was such an enormous leap for the OS. I remember running 2.0 betas I downloaded from the local warez BBS, soft kicked or whatever it was called.

I rocked the IIe but wanted a IIgs like no other. I'd 'visit' it at our local 'Apple store' before the Apple store (It was Tokamac in Palo Alto if I remember correctly and I may not). I also collected an Amiga A500 and an Atari 1040st. Love. Those. Times.

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