Re: Will this SCSI card work in A2e? (misc info needed)

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Ernest wrote:

>
> Great! I'll try it out tonight. I read the FAQ and now I have a couple of
> questions.
>
> The best slot for the card is slot #7, right?

If you're going to boot off it, yes.

> The card has four little dip switches that are all set to the closed
> position. Will this setting work?

If you don't have an accelerator, yes. Switch 1 is DMA, with it in the off
position DMA is enabled. If you have an accelerator you'd want to move
switch 1 to the on position.

> I have an external Quantum Apple 40meg HD set to device #0 (default I
> think.) Should I change it?

If it's your only SCSI device then ID 0 will work fine. Your IIe will try to
boot off the highest SCSI it finds. If you plan on possibly attaching others
at some time then 6 might be a better choice.

> What is the best software for setting up the hard drive -ie, formatting and
> partitioning it?

I haven't used many different utilities with the IIe and Apple Hi-Speed so
I couldn't say. If you have the Apple II Hi-Speed SCSI card utilities, they
should work.. I like the RamFast SCSI cards built-in utilities so much I
virtually always do formatting and partitioning on that before moving it
on to another SCSI card.

> Will the computer boot from the hard drive after it's set up, or will I
> still need to boot from floppy?

After its set up with the SCSI card in slot 7 it'll boot off the hard drive.
After you've used a IIe with a hard drive for a while, you likely won't
want to use floppies unless you really have to.

> Will I be able to boot to a Dos 3.3 floppy disk if I want to run ADT, etc.?

Yes. Most program launchers usually give you a choice of booting a specific
slot. You can also go into basic and do a PR#
Also in some cases you can use DOS3.3 Launcher to use some DOS 3.3
stuff from the hard drive.