Re: Some IIgs questions

[Glenn Fisher <Fisher@uh.edu>]

David Empson wrote:
> 
> Jeff Blakeney <CUTjefbla@bconnex.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 03 Nov 1998 07:56:54 -0600, Glenn Fisher <Fisher@uh.edu>
> > wrote:
> 
> > >3) I have an external 800k floppy drive on a MacPlus.  Can this
> > >drive be used with the IIgs by plugging it in to the disk port
> > >on the back?
> >
> > It should work just fine.
> 
> It depends which version it is.  If it is an Apple 3.5 Drive ("platinum"
> coloured case, same colour as the IIgs, with an eject button) then it
> will work.
> 
> If it is the standard beige coloured Mac Plus external 800K drive (with
> no eject button), then it will not work.
> 
Bummer.  Mine is the one without the eject button.
Does anyone know if there is a hardware fix or hack that will make
this drive work with the GS?

> > >4) Is there anything like the "monitor" mode of the old IIs that
> > >can be used with the IIgs at boot time?
> >
> > There is a much better system monitor in the ROM of the IIgs but I'm
> > not sure what you mean by using it at boot time.
> 
> The only thought that occurs to me is that Glenn might be referring to
> the original Apple ][ (or the Old Monitor ROM running in an Integer
> BASIC card for the ][+).  With this version of the monitor, turning the
> computer on or pressing Ctrl-RESET (or just RESET originally) puts you
> into the monitor.  There is no autostart code, and no automatic warm
> recovery into BASIC.
> 
> The IIgs does not have this capability.  You can invoke the monitor
> using CALL-151 from the BASIC prompt, as Jeff described.

I wanted to be able to keyin Cxxx addresses to see if the hardware
could actually see the drives or not.

> 
> --
> David Empson
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz
> Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand

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