Need help with a DIGICARD Apple II Network server

[mister_boffo@hotmail.com (Mr. Boffo)]

Do we have any experts lurking on this NG who are familiar with the
Digicard system?

I am already a school admin, so I have access to disks and manuals for
the beast I just bought on eBay.

What I likely do NOT have, is knowledge of the password on the system
I am buying. So the big question is, is there a way to hack the
password file on the Digicard server?

One interesting tidbit is that the Digicard uses a standard SCSI drive
for all its data. Hmmmm, perhaps you can take the drive out and mount
it on a Mac?

I wouldn't have a problem with just swapping in a different hard drive
and starting over, but I've never built one up from scratch so I'm not
sure if the Digicard server is capable of formatting, partitioning,
and create a "default" volume set. Any suggestions?


My plan is to use it as a Master Server, for every game and software I
have ever owned. If you've never used the Digicard, it is truly weird
in that it can support both ProDOS AND DOS 3.3 volumes on the same
drive, and in the process of using it, it frequently crosses back 'n
forth between the two.

This to me makes it more worthwhile than just an Apple SCSI card and
drive, since Apple's implementation appears to only support ProDOS
with the SCSI card. Plus, it only cost me $27 for the server and HD,
as compared to Apple's SCSI card which still goes for up to $175
alone. What a deal!! :)

-Mr. Boffo

Email: mister_boffo@hotmail.com