Re: Looking For: Help w/ AppleTalk on IIgs + Some Stuff for a IIgs

[erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <abraverm-1306951619450001@192.0.2.1>, abraverm@pluto.njcc.com
(Andrew Braverman) wrote:

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> I would like to hook up an external hard drive - I have a 320mb SCSI I
> think I can spare (just need to move what I need to the Mac's internal),
> but preferably I would like to buy a 40mb or so just for the IIgs...
> anyone have anything cheap?  I definately need a SCSI Board, Unless I can
> get a 10 or 20mb Sider with it's controller board... that would be great
> too...

good luck finding anything smaller than 100MB.  And why bother looking?
New 1 GIG drives are selling for under $500, 500MB drives for under
$200... toss in an enclosure and you get a mondo drive for cheap.

As for the SCSI board.  RamFAST is the best solution, and still in
production.  The Apple HI Speed SCSI will do also, and it IS cheaper...
but I wouldn't hold my breath on Apple supporting it.  You can get teh
RamFAST from Sequential Systems (they make it) at 800 759 4549.  (see
their catalog at http://hypermall.com/sequential/index.html)
> 
> I'm getting a mouse card and a large Apple Tablet - do you think that will
> work with this machine?  Wouild I use the II/IIe mouse card (w/ DB09F) or
> the Game Port?

um.. the mouse card? why?  unless it's essential to the Tablet..other than
that... better let somebody else answer.
> 
> I might want some more RAM - anyone have more than a 1mb board for sale? 
> if it's inexpensive, I might want it - maybe I can sell this populated
> Apple board (1024k)

Sequential Systems also sells GS-Ram and GS-RAM+ - 4MB and 8MB ram boards
> 
> I also need a keyboard and mouse...

aany of the resellers - sun remarketing, Pre Owned Electronics, Alltech
electronics.. etc. should be able to help here...

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> 
> I even tried to make a 1.1 mb RAM DISK and boot from that - even with the
> system installed with the Installer, it gave me a CheckStartup Device when
> I tried to boot from the RAM Disk...
> 

you need to format the ramdisk first.  I dunno why - you can use it as a
disk without formatting, but in order to boot from it, you have to format
it first.
Go figger.

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