Re: IIe gui, which is best?

[Stingray <stingray@webzone.net>]

Duane Shearer wrote:

> Stingray wrote:
> >
> > I finally got my original Apple SCSI card working, it turned out to have
> > a bad EPROM. (many thanks to the gentleman who burned a new Rev C EPROM
> > for me!) I removed the HS SCSI from my GS to test it, all seems to work
> > well. I decided that this Rev C card will live in my Platinum IIe (for
> > no rational reason). I installed the card in my IIe and it works fine
> > with my GSs hard drive, so I'm scrounging around for parts to put
> > together a HD for the IIe.
> >
> > In a futile attempt to make a long story short: I've been playing around
> > with Apple II Desktop, but not much software seems to run under that
> > particular gui. Is there a better one? Should I just use a program
> > launcher? Which one works best on a IIe starting up from a HD?
> >
> > Stingray
> >
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> To: Matt Jenkins <mdvj@one.net.au>,
>         Malke <mrouth_remove_this_bit@mindspring.com>
> Subject: Re: Apple IIe question, Hard drive cards
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> Hello,
>
> While perusing the site I noticed reference to storage and booting your
> IIe, I have an
>
> Alltech Eletronics   (760/724-2404)
> 2618 Temple Heights
> Oceanside, CA 92056
>
> Focus 60MB IDE 3.5" DH360 hard drive on a slot card, which I bought in
> 1993, but recently had to have it repaired. They did a great job and
> turn around was fast and for $25.00. I believe they have new units
> available about $45-$50.
>
> Duane Shearer
>
> Matt Jenkins wrote:
> >
> > Malke wrote:
> >
> > > He did explain that they didn't have a hard drive, though, but booted from whatever
> > > floppy you had in there.
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > just pointing out that while this was the classic 'out of the box'
> > behavior of the Apple II
> > many companies produced Hard Disk products for them, including Apple,
> > who sold a SCSI
> > card for the machine. Although it's pretty rare to find such things
> > (since all the Apple II
> > diehards have snapped up such gear to the point that it's very
> > expensive) it wasn't all
> > that uncommon to find hard drive equipped Apple II's in business/school
> > environments.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Matt

Thanks Matt, I'm familiar with the Focus drive/card but have never actually owned one. $45-$50
sounds pretty cheap. I thought they were more expensive than that. I may look into getting
one. I've always gone the external SCSI route.


Steve

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