Re: PCT Help?

[cvotter@prairienet.org (Gary Sutton)]

Richard Der (rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com) wrote:
:  
: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
: >cvotter@prairienet.org (Gary Sutton) wrote:
: >>I'm running on an Apple IIGS:  1.25 Meg, 800K 3.5" disk drive, and
: >>GS OS 5.04.  Can the PCT actually be used (no matter how complicated
: >>the process) under this particular configuration?)
:  
: You are right in that he can't get the 800K drive that is connected
: to the IIGS smartport to read MFM PC disks.
:  
: >From an email conversation I had with Mr. Sutton, here is his
: situation. He does not have one of those special drives you mentioned
: connected to the PCT to read PC disks, but he does have a startup
: disk image. This disk image is a small 500K file that contains
: a bootable MS-DOS 5 startup with some utilities including a
: special transfer program that is supposed to move files between
: ProDOS and MS-DOS. This disk image is a file that sits on a
: startup disk that contains the PCT software. When this disk is
: booted on another system, the disk image on it is started and is
: mapped as the C:\ drive.
:  
: What he wanted to do was use a modem to transfer PC software to
: ProDOS, then use the special transfer program to move it to the
: disk image, format new disk images, etc. I agreed with him that
: this should work because it is the same principle that other
: emulators work on.
:  
: The problem: although the disk image is bootable, it would not
: boot on his particular system. He said it would dump him back
: to ProDOS or the Finder. Since I didn't have a PCT, I could
: not help him solve the problem.
:  
: That was before he posted that he had only 256K on his PCT.
: I had thought that the PCT used the IIGS system RAM. Apparently,
: it uses its own memory. I don't think 256K is enough to boot
: MS-DOS 5. If this is the problem, what type of memory chips
: does he need to plug in to make the card useful? What do you
: think?
: 
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Y'know...  I just posted the original message last night, and I don't 
recall having any email conversations with anyone on this, especially 
considering I've hardly been home all day.  You sure you talked to the 
right person?  :)

Yerf!

Otter