Re: A few (more) IIgs questions.

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labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth) wrote:

>Ok, let's see...
>Just got a Transwarp GS. Worked fine in the disgustingly dirty IIgs I
>pulled it from, but when placed in my IIgs, (along with a few other
>cards), nothing. I get that sort of staggery checkerboard screen. (CPU
>problem?)

Might be an overloaded power supply.  Try pulling the PCT card
to see if it'll now work.  If so, you need a Buggie Power Supply
(from Dr. Steve Buggie who posts to this newsgroup).

The pattern does indicate the CPU is locking up, but it worked
on the other IIGS, so it could be something got damaged when
you pulled it.  The ribbon cable has fragile wires.

>Cards are
>Slot 4:PCT (inactive)
>Slot 5:TWGS
>Slot 7:Apple HS SCSI
>Mem: GS-RAM III (also from dirty IIgs)
>It may also be that it's 3/4 for the PCT/TWGS...can't remember.
>Is there special slots that stuff needs to be in that I'm not remembering?

You should really put the TWGS into slot 3 since it is one of
the few cards that works there.  Besides, it is closer to the
CPU socket.

>GS-RAM vs GS-RAM III. GS-RAM is bigger and more...special, looking...but
>GS-RAM III has more memory in it? I can't tell for sure because it uses
>those wierd SIP chips. Has...4mb of ram? or is that mB? But it's so
>tiny....?

I think the GS-RAM III comes with 4MB of memory if the
sockets are filled.

GS-RAM could go up to 6MB, if I'm correct, assuming you
use denser chips in all of them.  However, GS-RAM came
with a ROM chip that had to be matched to the ROM version.
ROM 01 GS-RAMs could not work with ROM 3 units.

GS-RAM III is a safer bet because it is newer and uses less
power.  If you want to go 6MB, might as well get a Sirius
card and go the whole 8MB!

>AE Vulcan 40Mb-HD-in-a-big-black-PSU-with-Controller-card. Power supply
>worked after I replaced the fuse (there was a replacement stored right
>above it?) although sadly I broke the little flappy door by accident
>(thought I needed to slip something under it to lift it, it certainly
>_looked_ like it had a little flip switch.) But, setting the slot (6, I
>think) to My Card causes the computer to hang at boot. The drive doesn't
>sound as if it accessing or anything either, I just hear the fan.

The drive might be dead.  I'd take the little IDE drive out,
get rid of it, put in an SCSI drive, and connect the SCSI
drive to your Apple High Speed SCSI card for a neat internal
solution.