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Apple IIgs Redux

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I brought my ROM 3 IIgs back from St. Louis after the holidays. It was a bit more yellowed than I remembered (especially the space bar on the keyboard). Installed was a C.V. Tech 4MB RAM card (populated with 1MB) and a V-Tech UDC card, and an intact (phew!) battery. I left those cards in St. Louis, and moved everything from my ROM1 machine to this ROM3. So far it's equipped with: Third party keyboard I found on Amazon, NOS, for $50 ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00JE3UZS6 ) Uthernet II Ethernet card, coupled to an AdaFruit panel mount Ethernet port (part no. 909:  https://www.adafruit.com/product/909 ). I have this screwed into the bottom hole of one of the taller rear panel openings, which works well enough. VidHD video card, coupled to an AyaGroup HDMI Extension Male to Female Panel Mount Cable  (SKU 10HM-PM228V4-01). This is in the small, rounder, rear panel opening, and fits perfectly. This works extremely well; the only "oddity" is, hooked up to m

Sun Flyer 2 Completes First Flight with Siemens Electric Propulsion Motor

Sweet. https://www.byeaerospace.com/sun-flyer-2-completes-first-flight-with-siemens-electric-propulsion-motor/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0TKoq-b3nA