Apple ii gs

Apple IIGS (known for IIGS) is the fifth and most powerful model of Apple II series of personal computers produced by Apple Computer. With the name "GS " refers to graphics and sound, referring to its enhanced multimedia capabilities, especially its sound and synthesis music from the current panorama, which greatly surpassed previous models of the line and most modern machines , such as the Macintosh and IBM PC.  The machine was a radical model of any previous Apple II, with its true 16-bit architecture, higher processing speed, direct access to megabytes of RAM, music wave table synthesizer, graphical interface of user, and mouse. While backward compatibility with Apple II models is still maintained, technological aspects of the Apple II and Macintosh were mixed into a single one. Continuing with Apple "Apple II Forever " Slogan of the time, the IIGS establish a promising future and evolutionary progress of the Apple II line, but Apple put little attention to this line as the company focused more and more on the Macintosh platform.

The Apple IIGS was the first computer produced by Apple to use a graphical user interface of color, as well as the  "Platinum " (light grey) combination of colors and also in using the Apple Desktop Bus interface for keyboards, mice and other devices of Input. It was also the first personal computer that came with a synthesizer chip  "Wavetable " based on integrated sampling, which uses Ensoniq technology. The machine outsold all other Apple products, including the Macintosh, during its first year of production