Re: Word Processor wars - QA Write runs on the GS

[rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com (Richard Der)]

Donald 'X-caiver' Pattee Jr <afn45687@afn.org> wrote:
>I have that [PC Transporter] board in my GS. I mainly use it for a
>controller so my apple 3.5 drive can readand write PC formatted
>floppies (720k ones). It does run things faster than the original
>IBM did(about 3 times, that sounds about correct), and if you add a
>math coprocessor chip (standard PC issue for that model of CPU
>(easily attainable through parts catalogs)) it will go even faster.
>It does ANSI and all the ansi colour codes, as well as CGA (or was
>it EGA) graphics. It interfaces to all the standard GS ports, so you
>can use whatever printer you already have (including the
>ImageWiter 2)
 
Sounds like a neat card.
 
Does it work transparently? That is, do the PC programs show up as
icons on the Finder that you can launch? And does the PC floppy
access feature show up as a disk icon on the Finder desktop (w/
the MS-DOS FST)?
 
Also, do the PC programs see the printer directly, or is there
some kind of translation? DeskJets and Epsons would work directly,
but most DOS software do not have ImageWriter drivers.


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