Re: Varied IIgs Q's

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5mhm78$25jk@uni.library.ucla.edu>,
 <pubpc1@library.ucla.edu> wrote:
>>What the heck is up with the 640 mode?  Is it normal, real, 640 x 200?
[snip]
>That's not the coolest trick.  You should see a 3200 color mode
>picture.

   It's a neat hack, but not useful for real applications *or* 640
mode, as the original question was about. 3200 is suitable mainly only
for viewing pictures from other platforms, but they're much better on
those other platforms.

>>How many disk drives can you hook up to a IIgs, and where do they get
>>mapped to (slot/drive)?

>Four on the smartport and seven for each SCSI card, limited practically
>by the power supply capacity.  Under GS/OS, all the volumes (floppy,
>hard drive _partitions_, and RAM disk volumes) must add up to 64 or
>less.

   Bzzzzzt! Wrong again. I quote from page 9 of the GS/OS reference
manual: "[...GS/OS] eliminates [P16's] restrictions on # and size of
open files, volumes, and devices." Theoretically, the Apple HS SCSI
supports 120-127 active partitions, so with a system full of those,
you'd have the record for # of volumes online, and probably Finder
crashes and lack of screen real estate.

>There is also a Netscape-like graphical web browser for it, but

   Truth in advertising, Scott. Don't mention the "N" word without
qualifying it-- no pictures, no popular plugins that the official
Netscrape takes.

Nathan Mates
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