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Re: Varied IIgs Q's

On 2 Jun 1997 13:04 -0500, spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)
wrote:

>    It would probably be less noisy inside a ROM 3, but I don't see
>why anyone would want to waste a GS slot with a Phasor card

Mockingboard emulation, mostly.  I do also have a few Phasor-format
creations, and I can make some sound effects easily with the Phasor.

>(it's
>pretty redundant, like adding a disk

Number of 19-pin drives I own:2
Number of 20-pin drives I own:4 :)

>or serial controller in a GS).

ADT likes real SSC's :)

>The Ensoniq chip is capable of far better sound, music and even
>speech synthesis (and there is even an ALF/Mockingboard software
>emulator if you want to hear some music files).

Where is it? I'd love to have this!  I've already searched Liquefy for
"mock" and "alf", but no luck.

>    If your talking about using the built-in Smartport, usually no
>more than 4 drives. That breaks down to (at maximum) two 5.25 drives
>and two 3.5 drives, although I believe it is possible to connect
>several UniDisk 3.5 drives (unlike platinum Apple 3.5 drives).
>Adding any more drives would require a controller card, but you'll
>be adding drain on the powersupply.

What I'm planning is maximum storage on the drives I have available:
I may soon have 2 Apple 3.5's, a UniDisk 3.5, and an AE 1.6MB drive.
If I started using my Disk ][ controller again, would I be able to use
all 4 of these 3.5" drives, or would I have to lose an Apple 3.5?

>    Personally, I tend to avoid floppy drives on the GS and stick
>mainly with a hardrive.

Well, I would too, but...when your hard drive is an 8.4 MB Sider (I
once clocked it going, on average, twice as fast as my Disk ][s),
which takes up about as much room as 4 Disk ]['s...and couple that
with my moving to 1/2 of a dorm room...

>On my own system I have an Apple SuperDrive
>(connected through a controller card, so I can take advantage of
>it's MFM capabilities)

*catching drool* ;)
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