Re: IIGS io card/drive port info

[Liam Busey <buseyl@my-deja.com>]

doug wrote:
> 
> I am trying to figure out the best way to set up io cards on the gs > and drives on the rear floppy port.
> 
> I have found s7 works with the old DiskII controller, which boots.

Why don't you use the floppy port and save a slot?

> However I am having trouble with 3.5" drives. I tried the Vtech
> unicontroller in 5 - 7 with no luck. 

Odd. I suppose this card may be incompatible with the IIgs. Did you set
the approriate slot to "your card" in the control panel?

> In the floppy port I tried a single 800k Mac floppy (that I used on my > IIe), the GS doesn't like the drive to much. Is there somewhere I can > find this info (didn't see much on cards on the gs in the faq).

Dumb Mac drives won't work with the IIgs onboard FDC. You'll need an
800k drive with an internal daiychain board that's a bit taller than
dumb Mac drives. A common one used on the IIgs is the "Apple 3.5 Drive"
model #A9M0106. If you want to use a dumb drive you'll need a special
controller.

 
> And just for the sake of it. Do the //e serial, parallel, etc cards 
> work in the gs?

They should. Most Apple II cards will work with the IIgs.

Liam Busey