Re: AE PC Transporter Questions

[IUnknown <stevementzer@gmail.com>]

On Nov 20, 10:00 am, Tempest <reichert2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've always been interested in the PC Transporter card.  The ability to have an early IBM CGA style machine in my IIgs would be very handy as I like to play some of those old PC games still (I use a PCjr for this purpose right now).  I have some questions about this card though:
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> 1. How rare are they and how expensive would it be to get a working setup (card and disk drives)
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> 2. How compatible is the card with games?  I'd be interested in running very old PC games on it, not productivity software.  I assume as long as the game followed IBM's standards it would run.
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> 3. Is it true you have to use special 5.25" drives with the card?  Are those drives impossible to find now?
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> I know it's just cheaper to keep an old PC around, but I really would like to try this. :)

My experience was that the system was VERY compatible with a standard
XT PC.

It was a fairly seamless experience and I used it in college when I
bought my IIgs and used it for my 1st year comp-sci classes.

I played a few games on it, but the IIgs games were MUCH better than
the CGA/XT games of the day.

Good luck!