Apple IIgs

The Apple IIGS, the fifth model inception of the Apple II, was the most powerful member of the Apple II series of personal computers made by Apple Computer. At the time of its release it had stunning color graphics and state-of-the-art sound capabilities that surpassed those of most other computers, including the black and white Macintosh (apart from a lower vertical resolution). Following in this theme the "GS" in its name stood for "Graphics" and "Sound", a reference to its vast enhancement in this area over previous models of the line. Along with its true 16-bit architecture, increased processing speed, direct access to megabytes of RAM, wavetable music synthesizer and a Graphical User Interface and mouse now standard, the machine was a radical departure from any previous Apple II. While still maintaining full backwards compatibility with earlier Apple II models, along side its new features, it represented a hybrid machine of sorts that blended the Apple II and aspects of Macintosh technology into one. The Apple IIGS set forth a promising future and evolutionary advancement of the Apple II line, but Apple paid it relatively little attention as the company increasingly focused on the Macintosh platform.
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