Re: Need help with a DIGICARD Apple II Network server

["mrbrad" <mrbrad@ll.net>]

don't know anything about digicard..but you can get a 60-500 meg hard drive
on a card (ide i think) from altech electronics
www.allelec.com
i think it is

that has both software drivers for dos 3.3 and
prodos..not sure if it can be on same hd or not
but might be a lot more simple to simply get a 60 meg hard card from them
for $69 bucks and put
dos 3.3 on it and then just use a standard scsi
ext hd for prodos on buy a 2nd hard card form
from them for another $69 bucks and have pro
dos on it

unless you have a sider hd or xebec hd (same co
diff names) 10-40 ext hd's they also let you use
dos 3.3 and prodos

just my 2c worth
brad
sysop@lost-gonzo.com
www.lost-gonzo.com
mrbrad@ll.net




"Mr. Boffo" <mister_boffo@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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