Re: IIGS moniter

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <34b53eac.16477359@news.cepheid.cnchost.com>,
 <cepheid@cepheid.cnchost.com> wrote:
>	I have a IIGS I want to get up and runnin again, but I think
>the power supply in my moniter is brocken, is there anyway to fix
>this?

   Try a local electronics or monitor repair place-- opening up
monitors can be VERY dangerous if you're not sure what you're doing.

>I was wondering what speed modem can I put in a gs, will it take a
>28.8?

   Yes, though it may have problems running at that speed if it's
unaccelerated. You can run a modem slower than full speed-- 14.4 runs
great on an Apple II with a proper hardware handshaking cable.

>also, I have a zip drive on my pentuim, can I also use that on
>the IIGS, it is scsi.

   Yes, with a scsi card for the GS. Though the Apple Highspeed SCSI
card is buggy in that it refuses to supply termination power without a
hardware modification. The zip drive requires termination power. Some
other SCSI devices can provide that, but if the zip is alone on the
chain with that card, it won't work. The third party RamFAST/SCSI card
is faster and can supply termination power. 

>  and last question is there any tcp/ip software for it?

   Yes, but not by Apple. Marinetti by Richard Bennett is a third
party SLIP setup (PPP is promised to be soon) and requires the latest
system software. Thus, if you have the severely crippled box that
Apple mistakenly bundled as "functional" and not user-enhanced to be
useful, it probably won't run. You'll need about 1.5MB ram and almost
certainly a HD for that.

> Or anything that will run on pc transporter, 

   Check on the PC newsgroups.

Nathan Mates
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