Re: I have a IIgs. So now what?

[probarge@bigfoot.com]

If you are still looking for a 74ls06 try www.jameco.com they seem to
carry a lot of the old stuff.


On Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:50:06 +1100, Tristan Mumford
<xtristan.xmumford@xgmail.xcom> wrote:

>William Garber wrote:
>
>> 
>> "roughana" <andrew.roughan@writeme.com> wrote in message
>> 1172793031.699191.93160@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com">news:1172793031.699191.93160@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...
>> : On Mar 2, 9:25 am, Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumf...@xgmail.xcom>
>> : wrote:
>> :
>> : > *Borrow one or two of the platinum Unidisk drives from my IIe.
>> : I think that these need to use the 3.5" controller card and can't plug
>> : into the IIgs directly. Could be wrong though.
>> 
>> No, the Unidisk 3.5" drives work fine.
>> The Liron controller and slot 5 in the IIgs
>> are both Smartport controllers.
>> 
>> : You can plug in a Disk ][ controller for 5.25" drives if you have one.
>
>The only Disk][ style card I have is the clone with the blown 74LS06. I'm
>still trying to find one. It works fine for everything except writing. The
>write enable line was cooked.
>
>> 
>> Yep, or if you have Unidisk 5.25 drives, they work fine
>> connected to the disk port in the back of the IIgs.
>
>Yep. The 5.25" ones. Still the originals too :)
>> 
>> : You'll really need a 3.5" drive to load System 6.0.1 and most other
>> : IIgs specific software.
>> 
>> Although this is true for disk only systems,
>> you could get a CF adapted drive, Microdrive
>> from GSE-Reactive, or a CFFA from Rich Dreher.
>> Another solution is a Focus card and a CF-44
>> pin adapter and use a CF card with that.
>
>All great options but a little expensive for now. There are other things
>which need the money far more. So I'm looking for a cheap and cheerful
>solution. Good barely even comes into it.
>
>> 
>> Also, a Superdrive or the Bluedisk would give
>> you a 1.44MB solution. I use that for a quick-fix
>> solution when I don't want to hook everything up.
>
>That would be a nice solution for a start. Still getting the hardware is the
>pain. I may live in a fairly large community but there is nothing useful
>here. I miss the Coburg markets and the like. I could get great stuff from
>there.