IIgs question.

[Dennis Jenkins <dennis@usb.com>]

Hello all,

	Is there a FAQ about the IIgs that can answer all of my questions
listed below?

	I finally got an ADB cable so I can use me IIgs and Mac-LC II.  After
paying attention (it helps sometimes) to the IIgs, I have learned that
it is indeed a ROM01 in a 'woz' case.  Yippie for me?  Anyway, I was
playing around in the control panel and noticed that I can toggle slot
#7 from 'user card' to 'appletalk', but only if I turn off the modem
and/or the printer.  I've never had a IIgs before, and I have no books
on one, so I didn't know exactly what this could do for me (I'm a unix
guy, but I've heard of Appletalk.  It is just a network implementation
that runs on top of IEEE 802.3, right?)  My linux box can do 
Appletalk.  Can I link the IIgs to my Unix box and have them share
files?  What OS on the IIgs do I need to accomplish this?  My IIgs has 2
5.25" floppy drives (ie, the drives that I swap back and forth between
the IIgs and IIe).

	Also, what is the 'smart-port' device on slot #5?  I have heard people
on this group talk about it, but they already know what it is, so they
don't bother to elaborate on it.  What can I do with this device?

	What does 'enable alternate video output' do.  I toggle it back and
forth and notice nothing.  My IIgs is connected to my Apple Color
Composite Monitor via a RCA cable.

	In other news, I have backed up all of my old 5.25" floppies from the
late 80's using ADT.  That program rocks!  Unfortunately, about 50% of
the disks we so bad I just gave up on them.  I can run all my old
software in AppleWin, on a 55MHz 6502!


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