Re: Best setup for Mac //e card

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

> Hi,
> I am fairly certain that MacOS support for the IIe card stopped with an
> earlier version. I know I couldn't get it to work with the later ones on my
> LCIII so I have a small external HD with good old reliable Sys 7.1 with the
> Update complete with a 10Mb ProDOS partition that I boot my LCIII up from.
> (Shift-Opt-Com-delete) The problem could stem from the later MacOS versions
> handling ProDOS formats better. Perhaps there is a conflict between that and
> the ProDOS extension that the IIe card uses.
> John O

Some advice from another user of the IIe card.
Don't use the '2.2.2d1' version, it is no real upgrade from 2.2.1 other
than being able to now use it on a few of the all-in-one LCs (5xx) and has
several bugs in it as well (like locking any disk in the superdrive). I've
used my card fine all the way up to system 7.5.5 (which I am using right
now). As for it crashing, check your extensions and controls panels, I
always made an extension manager set just for my IIe card with only the
essentials. (Also good because memory fills up quick with only 8mb of RAM
and using system 7.5x)
Also, the 'ProDOS File System' Extension is not compatible past system
7.5x. PC Exchange superceded it. Some say to leave PC Exchange off when
you're going to use the card, but I never had a problem (it's sort of hard
to mess with mounted volumes outside of the IIe environment once you start
it up, because it unmounts them from the Finder when you boot it). Either
way, the only reason you'd need either of them is to mess with ProDOS
disks in the finder which is, admittedly, a convenience. But the best
thing to do, IMO, is just pick all the minimal stuff you'd need and put it
in an Extension Manager set for when you want to use the IIe card (if you
have to turn 32-bit on or off, you need to restart anyway)...
Leave out anything like screen savers, things that add time-related
features, things which will try to interrupt whatever you're doing for any
reason, background compression or disk cataloging...and anything else you
think it might not like.