Re: What type of HD can I use with my ][+

["Vince Briel" <vbriel@telocity.com>]

Tom,

I have already backed up most of my software to my pc.  Getting ADT to write
itself to disk the first time was a chore I don't want to go through again.

I have no problem using prodos, but will some of my games still play on it.
Alltech has the focus card with a small drive for $69, and they have a dos
3.3 emulator called focus dos.  I'm wondering how well it works with some of
my games?

SCSI would be another option, but the cards are becoming scarce and pricey!

Backing up disk images to a prodos harddrive is a nice option, but I already
have them backed up to my pc, so that kinda defeats that idea except I don't
have to hook up a pc to my ][+ just to create a disk from image with an
installed hard drive.

Thanks for all the help, I have gotten a lot of questions answered.

Vince

"Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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> ProDOS works great on a II+. Just use version 1.9 or earlier.
>
> Others have mentioned DOS 3.3 workaraounds for your DOS 3.3 disks. But if
> all you want to do is use it for backup, you can compress your DOS 3.3
disks
> using the II+ version of Shrinkit and store the compressed images on your
> hard drive. This will save a ton of space, too. Then you would unpack them
> back to regular 5.25 floppies for use.
>
> If you have stuff that you really, really don't want to ever lose, then
> another worthwhile option is to convert your disks to emulator DSK files
and
> transfer them through a serial link to a Mac or PC (if you have one.) The
> emulators are incredibly good!
>
> Mind you, all of this will only work with unprotected floppies. Protected
> software will normally have to be kracked to unprotected disks before you
> could use either option.
>
> Tom Zuchowski
>
> "Vince Briel" <vbriel@telocity.com> wrote in message
> news:3c5c190c$1_3@nopics.sjc...
> > I have my original ][+ that I've had for 20years now.  I never had a
hard
> > drive for it, but it would be nice to be able to back up some of my
disks.
> > Can I use a focus hard drive?  The specs I've read about say for the ][e
> > or ][gs?
> >
> > Also, can you use DOS 3.3 or do you have to use prodos?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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