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Re: New to the Apple IIGS, unknown card in slot 7.
Mark,
The normal drive connector on both my IIGSs appear to work just fine.
How much do you suppose this UDC card would be valued at? I'm going to test
it to make sure it works, I only have a 5.25" drive right now, I'm waiting
for some more drives that are coming with the monitor.
I really would like to get SCSI so I could attach a 350MB drive that
used to be in my PowerMac6100(I don't even know if I could do this) to my
IIGS. That, and more I'd also like to get it up to at least 2MB.... I plan
on getting GS OS 6.0.2 to run on my IIGS.
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Mark Cummingsfigjams@primus.com.au07/25/2001 04:35 AM
> Mathew,
>
> As Mitchell says, that card is a Universal Disk Controller, which is best
> utilised in an Apple IIe or II+ but it will also work in the GS and Laser
> 128, 128EX & 128EX/2 compatables.
> I have the Laser UDC card which is made by VTECH and is almost identical to
> the one in your pictures. One difference I noticed is I don't have a crystal
> and your's does, but otherwise it is virtually identical. Also mine has more
> printing identifying the card.
> I also have the manual which is only a few pages. If you like I can send you
> the scans I have made of the manual. Just send me an e-mail if you want it.
> The manual details all 13 possible drive configurations for the card. I
> assume it is the same for your card, but I'm not 100% certain.
> You can connect Apple 3.5 drives or 5.25 drives to each connector, and you
> can daisy chain them too. I am not certain if you can use a Unidisk 3.5
> because it's not specified in the manual, but I have heard others with a
> different card to mine can.
> Slot 5 would be my recomendation for the card, and some configurations only
> work in slot 5.
> As a general rule the top connector is for drive 1, the lower is for drive
> 2, but the slot and drive assignments change depending on how you connect up
> the drives.
> A couple of combo's to try at first from slot 5:
> Top Bottom
> 3.5 - top is slot 5 drive 1, bottom not connected
> 5.25 - top is slot 5 drive 1
> 3.5 3.5 top is S5D1 bottom is S5D2
> 3.5 5.25 top S5D1 bottom S5D2
> 3.5/3.5 - 1st S5D1, 2nd S5D2 is daisychained to drive 1, bottom
> not connected.
> 3.5/5.25 5.25 1st is S5D1, 2nd daisychained is S2D1, bottom is S5D2.
> it appears from reading the manual the assignment of the 1st and 2nd may
> change on this last option depending on which drive has a boot disk. I
> havn't tried it so I don't know.
>
> Most/all of these can be achieved from the GS smartport, this is why I
> believe the card is better utilised in a IIe which can't normally use 3.5
> drives without this card. If your smartport is not working, buy another GS
> and sell this UDC card as it is probably worth more IMO.
>
> Mark
> remove NOT to e-mail me.
>
>
> ----------
> In article <B783D0EB.9B05%msc1983@mac.com>, "Matthew S. Carpenter"
> <msc1983@mac.com> wrote:
>
>
>> I just pulled the card out and found some writing on the bock side
>>
>> in the middle it says:
>> "35 3063 01 00"
>> " 703010"
>> " REV B SS"
>>
>> also, at one end on the back there is a circle with an 'N' in it followed
> by
>> the text "UP2-1"
>> --
>> -MSC
>>
>> Matthew S. Carpentermsc1983@mac.com07/25/2001 12:37 AM
>>
>>> For those of who can't view the web page, here are some direct links to
> the
>>> pictures:
>>>
>>> Full picture of card
>>>
> http://homepage.mac.com/msc1983/.Pictures/AppleIIGS%20pictures/DSC00013.JPG
>>>
>>> Zoom in on corner of card
>>>
> http://homepage.mac.com/msc1983/.Pictures/AppleIIGS%20pictures/DSC00015.JPG
>>>
>>> In this picture It shows an Apple 5.25" drive connected to the card, I
> don't
>>> dare turn it on like this until I know what it is for sure though.
>>>
> http://homepage.mac.com/msc1983/.Pictures/AppleIIGS%20pictures/DSC00016.JPG
>>>
>>> Matthew S. Carpentermsc1983@mac.com07/24/2001 11:35 PM
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I recently received an Apple IIGS. I'm still waiting for the monitor to
>>>> get here, but while I'm waiting, there's this card that I wish to ask
> about.
>>>> The IIGS had these two cables coming out of the side of the case,
> labeled 1
>>>> and 2. They both have the same ports on them, and these ports are
> identical
>>>> to the floppy disk port. If the card were two slots over I'd have
> enough
>>>> room to mount the ports into a couple of the openings on the back, the
> two
>>>> which are on the side opposite of the power supply, so that they aren't
>>>> hanging out sloppily like they are now because they would fit in those
>>>> openings perfectly.
>>>>
>>>> I haven't had anything plugged into the card when the IIGS has been on.
> But
>>>> I think it might be a disk drive controller. on one of the corners is
> the
>>>> text
>>>> "REV B"
>>>> "35 30C201 00"
>>>>
>>>> I think the "C2" in the second line is identifying a part and was
> written
>>>> over a couple digits in the serial number.
>>>>
>>>> What I'm wondering, is what this card is and if I could move it over to
> Slot
>>>> 5 and have what ever it is work so that I could mount the ports in the
> two
>>>> slots to make things a little less sloppy looking...with the card in
> slot 7,
>>>> there is not enough room to fit the two ports into the openings on the
> back
>>>> of the case.
>>>>
>>>> I have put up some pictures of the card at the following web address:
>>>>
>>>> http://homepage.mac.com/msc1983/PhotoAlbum7.html
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>
>
>