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Re: SCSI HD IIGS: Question - How to boot both 8-bit and 16-bit software?



J. L. Walters (bird@nwsrs.nw.att.com) wrote:
: article in NAUG and as it points out, I cannot press 8 when booting to
: enter ProDOS 8 because I have a RamFAST SCSI and it grabs the "8" and
: tries to boot that partition which happens to be my data partition and
: thus doesn't boot worth a darn ;-)

You have to wait until the card has gone through the drives to get an 
initial response. Then, the system gives you a second, during which you 
press 8. Then, it boots into ProDOS 8. I do this all the time. I use it 
to run ProTerm and Appleworks without going into the Finder.

Rob Del Greco
radelgre@cnct.com