Re: IIgs PC Transporter card

[wily@svpal.svpal.org (Paul Creager)]

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.
 
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