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Re: I have a IIgs. So now what?
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.
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