Re: IIgs and CMS SCSI

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Rick Hatton wrote:
> 
> I would like to hook my SCSI Zip drive to my IIgs. Is a CMS SCSI card
> adequate to do this? I also need to purchase a new comm program and a
> couple of other things, so I realy dont want to spend more than $50 on
> the card.

No way.  The CMS card is awful and won't get you anywhere (it chokes
one removable drives).  You'll need either a RamFAST or Apple HS SCSI
card (see http://www.allelec.com/ and http://www.sequential.com/).

> 
> Will I be able to format and partition the Zip Disk using the statndard
> 6.0.1 tools disk? At the present I have 2 3 1/2 drives and 2 5 1/4
> drives on the GS.

Yes.  Three methods:

1) Format a PC Zip Disk in the Finder (w/ProDOS file system) and get
   a 32MB ProDOS Zip disk.
2) Format a PC Zip Disk in the Finder (w/HFS file system) and get a
   96MB HFS Zip disk.
3) Use the Advance Disk Utils to partition the Zip disk. (if you want
   HFS volumes to show up on a Mac, run SysEx to extract the driver
   from ADU's resource fork beforehand).

> 
> Thanks for any and all help.
> 
> Rick

You are very welcome.

-Scott G.