Re: Using an Apple HD 20 on a IIGS

[waynes@intergate.ca (Wayne Stewart)]

Kristjan Alfjordsson wrote 
> Hi, Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm a Apple II newbie! I have a Apple
> Hard Disk 20 (the Mac External Floppy Disk Drive Port HD, not the HD20SC - I
> have one of those too). The HD20 is plugged to one of my Pluses. Recently I
> was given a bunch of Apple IIGS stuff - mostly hardware - and I have this
> setup IIGS rom v 03, 2mb ram, RGB monitor, (2) 3.5 & (2) 5.25 drives. The
> HD20 has a DB19 male connector and the floppy port on the GS is a DB19
> female, can I connect the HD20 to the GS? Without burning anything up? :) My
> real question is: can I use the HD20 on a GS and, if yes, how? How to format
> & partion? What system do I use? I only have Dos 3.3 & Prodos (not sure of
> the version) and will have to acquire a GSOS, I'm sure. Also does anyone
> know of an Apple II list like the ClassicMac list?

It's a pretty reasonable question but unfortunately the HD20 won't work with 
any Apple II, it's Mac only.  If you want a hard drive on your IIgs you'll 
have to either locate a used SCSI card or get an ide card. 
Alltech (http://www.allelec.com) has the Focus drive which is a 2.5" ide 
drive attached to a card. Also //SHH Systeme (http://www.wbwip.com/shh) 
in Germany has ide cards. 

	Wayne