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Focus drive update

Summary of my findings on the Focus 20-meg hard drive thus far:

1. Behaves exactly as expected in an Apple IIgs, that is, GS/OS
   treats it exactly like any other ProDOS device.

2. Boots up with no problems from Slot 7 of an enhanced Apple IIe.

3. It won't boot in a non-enhanced Apple IIe, but it works fine from
   Slot 7. A startup BASIC program on a 5.25" drive in Slot 6 which
   says, 10 PRINT CHR$(4);"PR#7" can be used to "boot" the Focus
   drive. It will load AppleWorks 3.0 in a matter of seconds.

4. I just discovered the Focus drive will work in Slot 7 of my 1980
   Apple II Plus. (Okay, the II Plus has a late (1983?) motherboard,
   a Transwarp II and 64-K via an Apple Language card in Slot 0, and
   I have almost no ProDOS software for the II Plus, but the Focus
   drive WILL work with it!)

The Focus-20 drives are so inexpensive, I could buy one just to use
with Copy II Plus on my Apple II Plus! I could buy one just to work
with Apple Pascal 1.3! I could buy one just to back up old floppies!

- Jim Pittman - AppleQuerque Computer Club - casa at unm dot edu