On Jun 13, 12:30 pm, Wayne Stewart <waynejstew...@gmail.com> wrote:
I was trying to get an ide to compact flash adapter to work with an A-
card SCSI to ide adapter. Didn�t have any luck so I thought I�d spring
for one of those SCSI to Compact Flash adapters from Mechware. It
arrived yesterday so I�ve been busy. Looking for a system to copy over
to it I pulled out a IIgs with a Vulcan HD and a ZipGS. First SCSI
card I chanced upon was an Apple Hi-speed SCSI card. Worked well
enough but the Vulcan was booting a bit faster. Dug out a Ramfast rev
D and it did a lot better easily beating the Vulcan. Next I pulled out
my CFFA card and copied it�s system over. Compared them and the
Ramfast was a fair bit faster.
A while back I ended up with a few 128mb CFs so that�s what I�ve been
using but I know there�s a lot faster CFs out there. Mainly 128mb is a
little on the small side. Don�t mind spending a few dollars but I�m a
little concerned with compatibility. Pulled a 4gb Lexar out of a 9600
but that doesn�t seem to be compatible. I can format it but when I
copy to it the IIgs tends to crash. Unless someone�s got a suggestion
of some currant CF, I guess I need to hunt down some older CFs.
Probably I should have done this a few years back when smaller CFs
were in the stores.
I use a Sandisk 8 GB on Rich Drehers CFFA card. I wrote a driver that
allows me to have 256 drives of 32 MB each. Only works under Prodos 8
though. But does not affect what GSOS sees. Can still have up to 14
of the 256 drives show up on GSOS.
I paid $40 for 8 GB. Don't know how this card works with a SCSI-CFFA
adapter. But I have had good luck with Sandisk.
Rob