Re: IIe card for Mac

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <32EEA7A0.1DEC@ix.netcom.com>,  <jcreid@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>This may be more suited for the Mac newsgroup, but I'll try here first. 
>I just picked up one of these cards used, but unfortunately no docs or
>software.  There is a 36 pin connector that I believe hooks up to a
>5 1/4" floppy drive.  Is there a Mac disk required to make this card
>work?  Is there anything special about the drive that plugs into the
>card?  I'd enjoy hearing about anyone's experience in using the
>emulator.  Thanks in advance.

You need an adapter cable which gives you a 5.25 port and joystick port too
if I'm remembering right. The support software is said to be incompatible
with 32 bit addressing, which would make it a hassle to use, and incompatible
with the soon-to-be-released system 7.6. If I really wanted to use II software,
I'd use a software emulator. IIe version 3.01 is very capable, and is faster
than the card on a fast '040 or Pmac I would expect.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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