Re: Normal 5.25" disks to GS?

[nparker@cie-2.uoregon.edu (Neil Parker)]

In article <19970122102727358039@roxboro-170.interpath.net>
phenix@interpath.com (John Moreno) writes:
>[...]
>[Q] It's not clear in your FAQ - can a IIgs use the same card as the
>ones used in the earlier machines?  I have a custom card that goes into
>slot 4 and would like to run it off of a gs if possible.

In most cases, yes--a IIGS can use the same cards as other Apple II's.
There are a handful of cards that don't work, and a handful that only
work when the system speed is set to slow, but most work just fine in
the IIGS.

Putting the card in slot 4 of your IIGS will require you choose between
your custom card and the built-in mouse interface.  (A ROM 3 machine will
still be able to use the mouse under GS/OS even if your card is switched
in, but a ROM 1 machine won't, and neither machine will be able to see
the mouse in 8-bit mode.)

              - Neil Parker
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