Re: Apple IIGS w/ GS Apple mem card (1MB) & RAMFAST SCSI Card

[yeo@pigeon.qut.edu.au (Willie Yeo)]

Terry Allen (hmag@ozemail.com.au) wrote:
: I have recently gotten hold of a GS, which consists of ROM 03 m/board
: w/1MB, plus drives etc...
:    I have downloaded the GS/OS 6.01 & a friend has given me some cards.
: Wonder if anyone can help with info or advice on this.
:    One card is the Genuine Apple IIGS Mem card which has 1MB as standard,
: so I suspect it's the latest model. When I plugged it in, it seems to cause
: an unusual problem. Appleworks will boot up fine & recognise that the
: machine now has 2 MB, but getting to the control panel by press
: OA-Control-Reset is proving difficult. The screen comes up, but over a
: couple of the options, a string of checkerbox marks goes right across. Do
: you think I may have a faulty card.? I tried it without the jumper block,
: but the machine will not boot after this.
:    Secondly, I have also acquired a Ramfast SCSI card, which reads 256K Rev
: C. I tried selecting your card in the control panel then rebooting, but the
: machine would only come up with the start screen & not reset. Swapped to
: slot 6 & tried again. Machine will boot from slot 5 on 3.5, but will not
: recognise Zip drive plugged in. Zip drive is terminated & sety to ID 5 (ID
: 6 no better or without termination) I booted GS/OS from floppy, but cannot
: get it to recognise the drive to format. The SCSI card has an 8 position
: DIP switch, all set to off except 2. Can anyone tell me what this is for or
: perhaps where the docs for this card may be found online?
:    Thanks for help in anticipation.

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