Re: Am I making a mistake here?

[Erick Wagner <wagnere@netcom.com>]

land@smart.net (E.G. Landers) wrote:

>Recently I purchased a IIGS

>I expect to receive delivery of "Graphic-Writer" tomorrow. My
>thinking is I'll more than likely forgo AppleWorks.

>My main need is a system that will do heavy word-processing and
>later some desk-top publishing.

  Although the latest version of GW-III is a great product for desktop
  publishing, ==I've heard== that it is not so good for word processing
  (especially data entry).  Most folks use another editor program such
  as AppleWorks "Classic" (8-bit) or Hermes and then import the text
  into the page layout.

>My problem is this: I'm discovering quirks in this system each 
>step of the way. Why is it, for example, that the hard drive 
>is seemingly not interfacing with the computer at once? This
>morning I got the message "Check your startup device" four times
>before the hard drive finally booted.

  I'm not sure about your particular SCSI board but many Apple II hard
  drive devices need to spin up to speed before the SCSI card can talk
  to it.  What happens if you power on the harddrive first and then
  turn on the computer a few moments later (wait 5-10 secs)?

>Keyboard: Not able to use my new mouse because it seems the keyboard
>connector for the mouse is no longer live. I thought solder points
>near it might need resoldering, did that, but still no soap. How
>can I get this connector to do what its suppose to?

  What happens if you plug in the keyboard cable (from the back of
  the computer) to the ADB connector that you've been attempting to
  use with the mouse?  Does the keyboard still function?  If it does
  you have a bad mouse, otherwise, you have a bad ADB connection.