akuo@miro.Berkeley.EDU (Augie Kuo) (05/31/87)
The upgrade for the //e to a //gs basically replaces the //e backplate, mother- board and all, with the //gs backplate. Thus you would have all the connections for the monitor, disk drives, etc. but you wouldn't get a mouse or a numeric keypad. Also, the dealers are required to "swap" the backplates plus $495 so say goodbye to your //e if you do decide to do this. This also means that if you have a clone of a //e, you wouldn't be able to "trade", even if it was a clone //e backplate... I'd suggest then to just sell your //e and keep the drives, etc. since the cards will still work (except the 80 col. card) and just buy the //gs if you really want it. As for prices I've seen anywhere from $699 to $999 for the //gs CPU and mouse, but usually you would have to buy a system to get that price. By the way, if anyone IS selling their //e CPU, I'm interested... Augie Kuo ARPA: akuo@miro.berkeley.edu UUCP: ..!ucbvax!miro!akuo