Re: Macintosh IIe Card

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

TJM <malachi_31NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I left the Apple II world about a year or so back when I got a G3 tower and
> sold my tweaked out IIgs, but I just can't get rid of my old Apple II
> software:) It is funny that I would rather be playing Bard's Tale on my II
> than Tombraider or the Simms.
> 
> So, I've got a IIe card installed in my Color Classic II, and I've some
> questions.

That is the IIe emulation card for the LC family.  Presumably the Color
Classic II has a compatible slot.

> 1)Can I run IIe and IIgs software with this card?

IIe software only.  It is a IIe emulator, not a IIgs emulator.

> I only have a 5.25" drive right now, but I'm searching for a Unidisk.

The card only supports UniDisk-style 5.25" drives.  You can't connect a
3.5" drive to it.  You also cannot use an old Disk ][, as the card is
unable to supply one of the voltages which is required by the Disk ][.

There is no need to be able to connect a 3.5" drive to the card, since
you can use the Mac's internal 3.5" drive with the IIe card.

> 2)Can I save all my old floppies of info on a Prodos partition, then access
> it from my Mac side, and burn it to a CD?

In theory, you should be able to transfer anything floppy-based onto a
ProDOS partition on the hard drive, as long as it is a ProDOS floppy,
can be converted to ProDOS, or will run as a disk image with DOS 3.3
Launcher.  The same rules apply here as using a hard drive under ProDOS
on a real IIe (or other Apple II model).

Getting the files onto a CD in a useable form is likely to be a lot
harder.  The first problem is burning it: the only way to do this is to
set up a hard drive containing the exact partitioning scheme and data
you want, with the correct drivers, and burn the entire hard drive using
a direct SCSI copy.

The second problem is that the IIe card software might not be able to
support the use of a ProDOS partition on a CD as if it was a hard drive
for the Apple II.

> 3)Can I use ORCA type programming software on this emulator card as well?

You should be able to use the 8-bit version of ORCA/M.  The other ORCA
products are all IIgs native, so they won't work.