Re: New to the Apple IIGS, unknown card in slot 7.

["Matthew S. Carpenter" <msc1983@mac.com>]

For those of who can't view the web page, here are some direct links to the
pictures:

Full picture of card
http://homepage.mac.com/msc1983/.Pictures/AppleIIGS%20pictures/DSC00013.JPG

Zoom in on corner of card
http://homepage.mac.com/msc1983/.Pictures/AppleIIGS%20pictures/DSC00015.JPG

In this picture It shows an Apple 5.25" drive connected to the card, I don't
dare turn it on like this until I know what it is for sure though.
http://homepage.mac.com/msc1983/.Pictures/AppleIIGS%20pictures/DSC00016.JPG

Matthew S. Carpentermsc1983@mac.com07/24/2001 11:35 PM

> Hello,
> 
> I recently received an Apple IIGS.  I'm still waiting for the monitor to
> get here, but while I'm waiting, there's this card that I wish to ask about.
> The IIGS had these two cables coming out of the side of the case, labeled 1
> and 2.  They both have the same ports on them, and these ports are identical
> to the floppy disk port.  If the card were two slots over I'd have enough
> room to mount the ports into a couple of the openings on the back, the two
> which are on the side opposite of the power supply, so that they aren't
> hanging out sloppily like they are now because they would fit in those
> openings perfectly.
> 
> I haven't had anything plugged into the card when the IIGS has been on.  But
> I think it might be a disk drive controller.  on one of the corners is the
> text
> "REV B"
> "35 30C201 00"
> 
> I think the "C2" in the second line is identifying a part and was written
> over a couple digits in the serial number.
> 
> What I'm wondering, is what this card is and if I could move it over to Slot
> 5 and have what ever it is work so that I could mount the ports in the two
> slots to make things a little less sloppy looking...with the card in slot 7,
> there is not enough room to fit the two ports into the openings on the back
> of the case.
> 
> I have put up some pictures of the card at the following web address:
> 
> http://homepage.mac.com/msc1983/PhotoAlbum7.html
> 
> Thank you.