Re: Lucky IIgs find at Computer Fair

[david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)]

"Mark Cummings" <figjams@primus.com.au> writes:
>> I will have to locate the version letter on my board.
>my REV # is etched or printed (?) near the wording "Little Blue <something>"
>at the front of the board on the component side.

I could not find anything like that on my board.

>>I assume that the empty 40 pin socket is for an 8087 math co-pro? Does an
>>Intel 8087 work or do I need an NEC part to match the V30 processor?

>Yes, I think so, have to check my notes in the Apple jungle downstairs, and
>if you find a source I wouldn't mind one myself. I think you need a
>i8087-10. I have a 80287-10 but the pinout is not even close when I looked
>into it a month ago.

According to www.apple2.org all I need is an 8087-2 (8MHz part). I had a
search through my chip collection and found two 8087 chips (one with no
suffix is I guess 4MHz and one with -2) and two Sharp branded V30 processors
(40pin DIP)). I will have to try it out.

>>So far the //gs seems to work. I have not tested the High Speed SCSI card 
>>or the PCT.

>The HS SCSI card is easier to test, all you need is an external SCSI drive,
>pretty easy to come by, ex-Mac, and ADU (in System 6.0.1) or Apple HS SCSI
>Utilities to format/partition it.

The HS SCSI card works as well. I have not got the s/w disk to go with it
(I had to partition a 200MB drive on the old Rev C card with the s/w that
came with it). It also worked fine with an unpartitioned ST251N drive from
my Apple //e.

Both the Rev C and HS SCSI cards can boot my Golden Orchard disk on my
1x Apple/Sony Caddy type CD-ROM. I bet my Pioneer 6 CD changer would not
show up as 6 CD drives - I rather doubt that Apple put LUN support in
either SCSI card.
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David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia