Re: GS Questions

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

> hmag@ozemail.com.au (Terry Allen) wrote:
> 
> >-A friend has given me an old Apple II Memory Expansion Card (first came
> >out with //e) Will the GS recognise it automatically & in which slot shuld
> >I put it?  I guess this might require the GS card installed to do so or can
> >it only be used as RAM disk.
> 
> Mostly, it can only be used as a RAM disk.  IIe stuff will use it as program
> memory (8-bit AppleWorks, Proterm, Publish-It, GEOS, etc.) but not
> IIGS specific stuff....

Note that some 8-bit software will recognise that it is running on the
IIgs and will therefore ignore a standard slot RAM card, preferring to
use native IIgs RAM.  The main example of this is AppleWorks 2.0 or
later.  (Earlier versions don't even know about the IIgs.)

In such cases, you will still be able to use the card as a RAM disk.

As to the question of which slot: it depends on what you are prepared to
lose.  In a ROM 3 IIgs, the best option is probably slot 4, as long as
you don't mind losing the mouse in ProDOS-8 software (it will still work
under GS/OS).

> >On a different question, another friend is giving me a //e card for Mac. I
> >have an LC 630 DOS Compatible. If I remove the DOS card, will the //e card
> >work in the PDS slot. Does anyone have the pinout for the cable that plugs
> >in for the mouse & 5.25 drive or know where I can get it or do I need to
> >test one with a multimeter?
> 
> The IIe card will work.  The IIe mouse does not work with the card...you
> use the MACINTOSH mouse connected to the Mac's ADB port AS THE
> IIE MOUSE.  ;-)  And if you don't have an ADB mouse for the Mac, just
> borrow the one on the IIGS!

The second connector provided by the cable is for connecting an Apple II
joystick to the card.  (There is no mouse-to-joystick emulation.)

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David Empson
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