Re: ?: can i use floppy-based Mac HD20 w/IIgs

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <Pine.LNX.4.05.9906171559090.2554-100000@grace.speakeasy.org>,
michael.j.carlson <mjc@speakeasy.org> wrote:

>   i'm hoping there will be a few techheads who can tell me if this is possible.
>i have been slowly putting together a IIgs system, mainly out of nostalgia for
>the days of IIe and Franklin Ace 1200 programming in high school. anyway, i have
>a Macintosh HardDisk 20 with the familar 19-pin floppy interface, and it seems
>like it should be able to be used with the IIgs. thus far i have tried updating
>the System.Disk of GSOS 6.0.1 with the HFS.FST, but it seems one would also have
>to have a specific driver for the oddball floppy-based HD. i formatted it on a
>Mac as an Apple Prodos volume, if that helps clarify things. share your wisdom
>via posting or e-mail. thanks a lot.

I think this question needs added to the FAQ since it gets asked so many times.
Here's the deal: these do not work with Apple IIs. Give up trying to make it
work and sell it to a Mac 128 or 512 owner and use the proceeds to get a SCSI
card and drive.

Now of course our friend supertimer will chime in saying that it works with 
a UDC. Even if so the person asking doesn't have one and odds are wouldn't
be able to find one. Not like it's worth the effort to use a HD20 anyway.
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