Re: Apple IIGS revived - sorta...

[Krishna Sadasivam <kms007@gmail.com>]

I switched the MicroDrive to Slot 1, and now the 3.5" drive mounts on
the GS/OS desktop. I have an Apple II High Speed SCSI card lying
around - I may use that in place of the RamFAST card to see if I can
coax my 80MEG external to mount. Incidentally, when I switched the
MicroDrive to Slot 4, and set the slot setting from "Mouse Port" to
"Your Card", the mouse wouldn't respond in GS/OS. I don't remember if
this is normal behavior, as my Apple II skills are incredibly rusty.

Thanks!

-Krishna

On Aug 9, 7:28 pm, Krishna  Sadasivam <kms...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A few weeks ago I posted about reviving my old Apple IIGS. The good
> news is, the MicroDrive card I ordered works. After configuring the
> dip switches to match Slot 5 (one of the few open slots the IIGS has
> free), I was able to boot back into GS/OS.
>
> The bad news is, I'm not able to access the contents of my SCSI drive,
> which is connected to a RamFAST SCSI card (version C). It does attempt
> to boot up from the RamFAST SCSI card, but errors out when it attempts
> to load an extension called Transprog.
>
> A few other items of note:
>
> My IIGS battery has completely lapsed. I need to find a replacement
> battery (the one I had installed was a NiteOwl battery many, many
> moons ago) so I can preserve the Control Panel settings. Anyone know
> where I can purchase one?
>
> The 3.5" drive works, but refuses to eject when a disk is inside. The
> 3.5" drive does not mount its disk on the desktop, when booting from
> the MicroDrive. Is this because I installed the MicroDrive in Slot 5,
> and set it to "Your Card" in the Control Panel?
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight!
>
> -Krishna