Re: Modify a Mac external HD for a IIgs?

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

There were several different SCSI cards made for the IIgs. Of these
the 2 most popular are the Apple Hi-Speed and the RamFast with
the Apple Rev C in third place. The Ramfast is still available from
Squential Systems(www.sequential.com), the Apple Hi-Speed you'd
have to find second hand,

You can format and partition a hard drive on a Mac for use on an
Apple II, however �erase disk� is the wrong way to go about it.
The program Drive Setup that came with your System Software
might work although some versions have difficulties with non Apple
brand drives. In a situation like that I much prefer third party software
such as Silverlining, FWB Hard Disk Toolkit, etc.
There�s also Apple II software for doing the same. I believe all the
SCSI cards originally came with software, some like the RamFast have
a built in program in ROM. If you have the IIgs System 6 disks you
have the IIgs Advanced Disk utilities.
Another solution is the Focus Hard Card from Alltech(www.allelec.com).
It's a 2.5" HD attached to an interface card. It'll come formatted with
system software installed and comes in a variety of sizes. Pro's: it's a
fast
fairly inexpensive internal drive. Cons: It's not SCSI, you can't attach
other peripherals.

A IIgs with a HD and a bit of memory is like getting a whole new computer

     Wayne

dcaddy@kearney.net wrote:

> Calling all IIgs experts,
>
> I have a couple of small Mac external HDs (20 meg & 50 meg) which are
> SCSI ('course). Is it possible to get a SCSI card for a IIgs and is
> there a way to format the HDs to ProDOS format for use with the IIgs?
> (When I choose the ERASE DISK command on the Mac I see no options for
> formatting to ProDOS as you do with a floppy. Or is there a
> cheaper/better option? Right now the system has only a 3-1/2" disk drive
> and a 5-1/4" floppy drive.
>
> Thanks for any replies!
>
> Darre
>
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