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Re: SCSI devices for a IIgs
- Subject: Re: SCSI devices for a IIgs
- From: Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 07:40:23 GMT
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M. Pender wrote:
How hard is it to install a SCSI card in a IIgs and then add an external
hard drive or Zip drive?
Are drivers available to add a CDROM? What about a CD-R/W?
- Mike
Likely the hardest part about installing a SCSI card is the acquisition.
There's no software to write CDs on an Apple II.
Zip drives work well enough. Currently I have a hard drive, 200mb
Syquest, 230mb magneto-optical, and a 40x Toshiba CD-ROM connected to
a ramfast Rev D on my IIgs. The CD-ROM is a little overkill speedwise
but what the heck.
The most common SCSI cards are the CMS, Rev C, Apple Hi-Speed, and the
ramfast. I own at least one of each of these and I'd rate them in that
order from least to most desirable.
If you just want a hard drive you might consider a CFFA card or a Focus
drive. Last I heard the Focus was still coming with system 6.0.1
installed.
Wayne