Re: Apple IIgs With Apple SCSI card and Zip100 Drive

[Jerry <SNIPawanderin@yahoSNIPo.ca>]

William Garber wrote:

> 
> "Warren Ernst" <wernst@gmail.com> wrote in message
> 1194846761.240946.293480@s15g2000prm.googlegroups.com">news:1194846761.240946.293480@s15g2000prm.googlegroups.com...
> : On Nov 11, 8:49 pm, mdj <mdj....@gmail.com> wrote:
> : > On Nov 12, 6:21 am, Jcarlson1701 <jcarlson1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> : >
> : > > Hi All,
> : >
> : > > I just got an Apple SCSI card for my ROM01 GS (GSOS 6.0.1 running
> : > > from floppy) and would like to get my old SCSI Zip drive to work
> : > > with it. I installed the card, plugged my Zip drive in with a disk
> : > > in it and upon booting up I get the dialog box that asks me to
> : > > initialize the disk. However, when I click on initialize the system
> : > > freezes up. Is there a special driver I need, or something I'm not
> : > > doing right to cause this?
> : >
> : > You'll need to partition the zip disk for it to be used effectively -
> : > an appropriate tool is included with GS/OS but I don't remember the
> : > specifics.
> : >
> : > Matt
> :
> : When you get this working, I'm just dying to know how long it takes GS/
> : OS to boot. Can you let us know?
> :
> : Thanks,
> : Warr
> 
> It's comparable to hard disk. Roughly.

A little bit slower.  Writing to a Zip disk, however, is much slower than a
hard drive.  (I use a Zip 250).

> William Garber
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--  Jerry