Re: IIgs PC Transporter card

[erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <44kcv3$br3@borg.svpal.org>, wily@svpal.svpal.org (Paul
Creager) wrote:

>alex Squitieri (squitieri@engr.wisc.edu) wrote:
>: First of all, I'm not alex Squiteri, I'm Matt Pelleier 
>: <Mpelleti@caelab1.cae.wisc.edu>
>
>: I have a PC Transporter card in my IIgs, but alas, the user manual is 
>: nowhere to be found.  Does anybody know what I have to do to get it 
>: going?  It would really be nice to be able to use the same format as is 
>: currently in use here at UW Madison, and generally all around the world.
>
>On the GS you'll need what's called a ColorSwitch.  You'll also need an 
>MS-DOS compatible disk drive to boot from, either a TransDrive, an Apple 
>3.5" hooked directly to the PCT, or some form of high density drive 
>(SuperDrive, Floptical, BlueDisk).  Once you get it running, you can use 
>some of your hard drive space as an MS-DOS volume (drive C:).
>
>The latest PCT system s/w is 2.0.5.  Don't get too excited, though.  
>Remember you're stuck w/CGA display.  You can't run Windows or anything 
>that requires a 286.  That's not to say it's useless, just limited.
> 
I don't want to rain on your parade or nuttin' but you can run windows 3.0
and 3.1 on the PCT.  IT's slow, and more unusable than if it were running
on  a 286, but it DOES run

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