Re: 2GS Hard Drive

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me2@nowhere.org (Bart) wrote:

>>The real reason the floppy port drive can't be used on the
>>IIGS is that it is not compatible with the IIGS floppy port.
>
>so....Is there a card out there that WILL support the HD20 on a GS?

Yes, but that card does not work under GS/OS so you
can't use it with the IIGS in native 16-bit "GS" mode
most of the time.  The card does work in a IIe and in a
IIGS under IIe emulation mode running ProDOS 8.  The
card was called the UDC (Universal Disk Controller)
and only the earliest version (the long card rather than
the short one) supported it.  It was made by the same
company that made the Laser.

I'm pretty sure that the built in UDC of Laser 128 series
units are later model UDC controllers meaning they
won't support the drive, but you could give it a try and
connect it to the Laser.  I don't THINK it'll hurt the Laser
or the drive, but if you suspect there is a possibility of
this, DON'T try it.  I'm not taking responsibility if either
get damaged...  Try at your own risk.