Re: GS II booted!

[wcbland@pacifier.com (Bill Bland)]

On 04 Oct 1999 05:01:20 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:


>>I imagine the other card is an accelerator. It's a Transwarp (there's
>>a clue) GS with a smaller card mounted on it marked "Rev TW GS V1.18H"
>It is indeed.  You lucked out.  This card is often sold in the
>$K+ range and can easily be upgraded to around double
>the speed (after which its value will increase even more)!
>Cool!  If you ever want to speed up this card, just post the
>question on csa2.

Well, that's an offer too good to refuse. :-)
How do I go about speeding up the card? Yes, I know. I just figured
out how to boot it, an already I want more speed. That's what 'puter's
and cars do to people, I guess.

>I recommend internal Focus drive from
>http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech Electronics for the

I checked, and some additional questions arise, if I may.
  
> Add AppleWorks 3.0 or AppleWorks GS V1.1 (Disks only) for $10.00  

I'm unfamiliar (other than believing they're like Claris or MS Works)
with these two applications. Is there a substantive difference between
them?

>Focus Drives are 100% Extended Smartport compatible meaning >partititons are automatically mapped for your ProDOS 8 use (up to 12 depending on system >configuration, existing disk controllers, floppy drives, etc) and all partitions are available for GS/OS. A DOS 3.3 Emulator (FocusDOS 3.3) is available on request. 

This is way over my head. Do I want a DOS 3.3 Emulator?

Bill