Re: GS Questions

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hmag@ozemail.com.au (Terry Allen) wrote:

>Have been using a //c for years, now have a GS as well with ROM 03 & 1MB on
>motherboard & should soon have a genuine GS 1MB memory card.

That should let you use most IIGS software, except the productivity stuff
which likes 4MB or more (AWGS with an ink jet printer driver, for example,
would balk at 2MB pretty badly).  Great!

>Wondering if anyone knows the answers to the following:
>-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....

You need to set the control panel setting for the slot of the card to "Your
Card"....

>-Another friend is giving me a Ramfast SCSI card. Will a Mac Zip drive work
>if I plug it in (I think the cable is the same size)

It'll work fine.  It will boot from such a drive.  It can substitute for a IIGS
hard drive.  Incidentally, GS/OS has the ability, with the HFS file system
translator installed, to read and write Macintosh HFS Zip disks.
Excellent for downloading software from the web and taking over to
the IIGS!

>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!