Re: II GS halts boot

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Bill Bland wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 14:50:49 -0700, Wayne Stewart
> <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:
>
> >PC Transporter - a very early PC on a card,
>
> Can you tell me more? One of the chips says, "VLSI".

The PC Transporter came out in 1987.  Basically an XT on a card. AE
used to advertize it as 3 times faster than a PC. Memory size from 384
to 768k. Could be used as a RAMdisk in Apple mode. Could be used
with the II+, IIe, and IIgs.

> >>Don't know but I'd guess a controller for AIs OverDrive hard drive
> >
> Hmmm. I don't have a hard drive in either of my GS IIs. Does this card
> allow me to hook up a HD? Pardon my naivete, I'm at the very beginning
> with Apple II's.

I have just about zero info on AIs hard drive controllers. My guess was based

on the fact that AI didn't have much of a product lineup other than hard
drives.
So if it's got an external connector then it prettywell has to be a
controller for
their external HD. I would tend to guess SCSI but I don't know, could be a
propritary interface too. They weren't around all that long so there isn't
much
chance of running across one of their external drives. I'd probably try
hooking
it up to a HD and see what happens.

> >> 3. Small card in the #1 slot that has a connection to the analog
> >> monitor port (a plug comes out from the card and plugs into the
> >> original monitor port). Then, there's an additional monitor port
> >> installed vertically above it.
> >
> >Color Switcher - used with the PC Transporter to switch video feeds
> >from the IIgs to the PC Transporter and back eliminating the need
> >for either 2 monitors or having to switch connections manually.
>
> It's interesting that the card plugs into the GS II plug, and then
> provides *another* plug. Is th is something I should remove?

It shouldn't do any harm. If you remove the PC Transporter then I'd
remove it and keep it with the PC Transporter

>
> >3) does the memory card have both jumpers?
>
> Yes, but they're soldered together, rather than jumpered.

That works just as well.

> >5) try booting with the cards removed (except the memory card)
>
> That brings up an interesting point. These cards, other than the
> memory and the PC Transporter, are *really* in there. In a couple of
> cases, they're bolted to the case. I've never seen anything like the
> permanence these cards have.

That's unusual. I've never run across cards bolted in, Usually they're easily

pulled from the slot.

     Wayne