Re: Apple IIgs Hard Drive

[Krishna Sadasivam <kms@nestor.engr.utk.edu>]

an587485@anon.penet.fi wrote:
>
>I'm buying an apple IIgs from a friend (who knows nothing about it).
>Unfortunately I know less.  It does not hav a hard drive.
>

>What kind of hard drive can I use?

Bill,

You can use just about any SCSI hard drive. Most Macintosh-marketed SCSI 
hard drives will work with the IIGS, but in order to use them, you'll 
need to purchase a SCSI card and obtain a set of HD formatting 
utilities. I would recommend getting the RamFAST SCSI card. (Someone 
else has posted an excellent comparison of the various SCSI cards which 
you might have already read...in any case...) It is very fast and is 
still manufactured/supported by Sequential Systems. You can
also use Zip Drives with the RamFAST. I've got one running as a primary 
HD on one of my IIGS's. 


>will a new drive work?

Sure, as long as it is a SCSI drive. You can also use IDE drives, but 
you'll need the TurboIDE card for that. (I don't know much about this 
card, but from what I've heard, it works well.)

>scsi?

See above. :)

>

>Anyone have one they want to sell (hard drive or IIgs with hard drive)?

Check out comp.sys.apple2.marketplace. Sometimes you'll see some ads for 
HDs.
>
>thanks.


-Krishna


>bill
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