Re: AI - applied inginuity drive IIgs help!

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

"thomas" <thomas@pathlink.com> wrote in message
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> Q: will I need any drivers/etc. to get GSOS/prodos to play with this
> puppy and what's the appropriate slot for this (the slot is 'short'
> enough to NOT touch my memory card if placed in slot 7) and I assume I
> can still use appletalk by setting that slot to appletalk in
> conjuction with the drive (I'd be using this with a voc, zipgsx, some
> audio extension on top of (not in it just on top of it) slot 1 that I
> have not figured out yet, and a memory card I can't remember the name
> right now - it's red, and only long enough to fit 4 1 meg simms)!!!!

I have a Q-RAM card of similar description which has 4 1meg simms
on it but it is bluish green color.

> Q: can I open the supply and swap out the drive (the labels warn me
> left and right NOT to open it - what should I watch out for) - and if
> I DO make it alive past opening the case, what's an appropriate drive
> replacement?

If it is an XT IDE, they came in 20 and 40 meg versions.  I have a
40 meg one in a Tandy 1000 RL system.  You might try finding
a Tandy 1000 TL/2, TL/3, RL, or RLX.  They all used the XT
IDE mechanism but they are not a common drive.  They were designed
for the old XT machines and they came out around 1989 and were
discontinued around 1992/3.

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> lastly - if I can't use this psupply - would a psupply from an 01
> mboard suffice in an 03 motherboard? I have a much better chance at
> finding an 01 board and using it's power supply than to hunt around
> town looking for another 03 board - well at least the gas prices are
> cheap in the bay area - NOT!!!!!

Seems to work on my computer.  There appears to be little difference
in power except the amperage of the 12 volt line is a bit different but
I don't know if that will cause a problem.

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