Re: IIgs files from PC

[macierno@cvm.msstate.edu]

But where can you get a "FamFAST" card ??? are there any to be found?


In article <38B22F78.CC34F5CE@spam.com>,
  Matt Jensen <no@spam.com> wrote:
> Stephen Pope wrote:
> >
> > Just a query as well, xhfs on Linux, what distribution is that
under?
> > Now, this is a guess, if you could clarify it, that you have an
external
> > scsi zip drive, and you have plugged it in to the scsi card
> > on the IIgs, and then into the PC.
>
> I am running a pretty heavily updated version of Red Hat 5.2.  Kernel
> 2.2.14.  I'm using two different Zip drives--the IDE unit in my PC,
and
> the SCSI unit attached to the GS.  I already had the internal Zip in
my
> PC so I didn't include that in the costs.  I suppose not everyone has
> that...
>
> You can get xhfs by going to www.freshmeat.net and searching for
> "xhfs".  That's how I got it.
>
> > What drivers/software do I need to make the zip drive work on the
IIgs? Or
> > will it auto-detect it? And, how do I get a zip drive
>
> It's plug-and-play with my RamFAST.  I think the version is "3.01f",
but
> I may be wrong.  Basically, you just plug the RamFAST into an empty
> slot, connect the Zip drive to the RamFAST, set the appropriate slot
to
> "Your Card" in the Control Panel, and you're set.
>
> The RamFAST also puts a ROM disk on your desktop, from which you can
> copy the native RamFAST driver onto your boot disk.  You don't need
the
> driver, but it's probably faster with it.
>
> > working under linux, or is it the same situation?
> > I appreciate any help I can get, I have been trying for ages to get
this
> > working!
>
> With a Zip drive and a RamFAST, it's easy.  Plus you can move 100MB at
a
> time (in both directions!)
>
> --
> Matt Jensen (my email address is "moc.noivbo@nesnejm" backwards)
> '98 Ram 1500 QC 4x4 5.9L, '99 ZRT 600, '00 ZR 600 EFI
>


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