Re: //gs questions

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brian.hammack@rook.wa.com (Brian Hammack) wrote:

> Jeff raised the cup and toasted:
>
> JB<| The system has an internal 20MB drive and an external 5.25
>    | uniDisk (if I remember the name correctly) and an 800K 3.5 floppy
>    | (non-daisy chainable).
>
>I see a problem right there.  The GS used daisy-chainable 3.5" drives,
>and the Mac 800k drive without the chaining *does not work*.

Unless the IIGS had a Universal Disk Controller from Video
Technology (the manufacturer of Laser brand hardware and
computers).

When used with such a controller, a Mac 800k drive is
pretty transparent too on a IIGS (since IIGS users who use
GS/OS rarely hit the eject button).