Re: re 5.25 drive

[Slick <PAYSlick_RCBD@hotmail.com>]

Mitchell Spector wrote:
> 
> In article shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford) writes...
> 
> >Nathan Mates (nathan@visi.com) wrote:
> >: In article <lampkp-2404981736490001@smpm0-224.itouch.net>,
> >:  <lampkp@itouch.net> wrote:
> >: >I am thinking of putting a 5.25 drive on a Mac IIsi so that I can download
> >: >some Apple2 appl's for an Apple //e. Can this be done?
> >
> >:    Nope. Despite *looking* and *fitting* in the drive connector port,
> >: the Mac has never had support for Apple II 5.25" drives. [They had
> >
> >This group's resident boob and Apple hater has forgotten two facts. First
> >is that certain Macs have 5.25 drive support via the Apple //e card. That
> >card also runs 8 bit II software.
> 
>     Speaking of the (PDS slot) Apple IIe Card and (platinum) Apple 5.25
> drive, does Apple still manufacture, sell or support these items? I was
> just curious if they're still available on the price list. From what I
> can tell, they were the last traces of the Apple II (unless you count
> the ImageWriter II, which they are/were still manufacturing).
> 
> >The other is that there are more Apple made devices than there are
> >connector types, so some are necessarily reused for different devices.
> >He's really grasping at straws when he uses that idiotic reasoning to
> >bash Apple.
> 
>     The only connector type which Apple really goofed up on is the
> DB15 female port. Not only was the connector used on the Apple IIgs,
> Apple IIc/IIc+, Apple III/III+ and Macintosh--which all had totally
> incompatible video output--but in most cases the same "RGB" icon was
> placed over the port. If your not familiar with Apple products, it
> would be very easy to confuse what monitors can plug into what
> computer. The GS port was NTSC-freq analog RGB, the III was digital
> RGB, the Mac VGA-freq analog RGB and the IIc wasn't even an RGB
> port at all (merely a video expansion port).
> 
> Mitchell Spector
> spec@vax2.concordia.ca
Someone said at a computer store that I could use my IIGS's AppleColor
RGB monitor with a new Mac, but that I would only get thousands of
colors instead of millions. Was the salesperson mistaken, or did he
confuse a different type of AppleColor with the one hooked up with my
Apple IIGS? (real question)

I bought a separate monitor for my Mac anyway, because I need the IIGS
up and running. How else can I run QBASIC (via the PC Transporter) or
The Print Shop without either spending lots of money or pirating
commercial software? (retorical question)
-- 
Notice to spammers: This is to be considered a contract. You may only
use my e-mail box for advertiseing IF you send me $10 (US) for the first
kilobyte of data, and $1 for each additionial K of data. If I have not
recieved the money withing 1 week of the arrival of the message in my
e-mail box, the price for downloading and archiving for the week will be
$100. If you do not agree to these terms, do not send me bulk e-mail.
Remove the pay from my address if you agree to these terms.