Re: Can a GS with dead slots run a Zip or TWGS?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote:

>In article supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes...
> 
>>If I can get hold of an Apple IIc CT-20, CT-40, or CT-100 floppy
>>port hard drive, this GS might be useful.  A Zip or TWGS and
>>a sound card in the dead slots would round it off.
>
>    That is assuming the IIgs can even communicate with Smartport
>devices designed primarily for the Apple IIc (it compatible with
>the UniDisk 3.5, though I've not heard of anyone connecting up a
>Smartport hardrive to a GS before). Even if it is possible, you
>should be concerned about how utterely _slow_ the hardrive will
>operate--which is not much faster than a 3.5 floppy drive.

It works -- Sequential Systems techs said so back when they
still sold it.

>    Sequential Systems sells (or used to) the CT-xx hardrive for
>the Apple IIc, but they are fairly expensive. Even if you seeked
>one out used, they are rare items that generally sell for a high
>cost (much like the IIc LCD screen or battery pack). If had one,
>I'd certainly not put it to waste on my Apple IIgs. Considering
>the cost, performance and rarity, I think it is a bad idea. You
>might as well replace the GS motherboard, it's easy to swap a
>new one in and from reports, used ones cost as low as US$10.

Of course it is not worth it, but it is a challenge.  Why do many
of us use the GS anymore?  For me, it is to do things on it that
other people say can't be done.  I can do these things easier on
modern computers, but it is the challenge that "it can be done."

I won't do it until I run into a CT drive cheap, but when I do, it
would be fun to see that crippled GS up and running.