Re: What OS should I use for an Apple //gs??

[neiderma@eden.rutgers.edu (Kid)]

>disk swapping when an application uses two disks.  Next I would buy a
>used Apple 5 1/4 inch "Duodisk" unit--make sure they include the
>controller card which goes in slot 6 inside the GS. The reason to also
>get 5 1/4 inch drives is that lots of good educational software never
>came out in the newer 3 1/2 inch format. The "Duo" in the Duodisk is to
>facilitate backups just like in the 3.5 inch world.
>
>        To hint at the other side of the hard-drive/no-hard-drive
>debate, I'll mention that GS-specific software often takes several
>minutes to boot unless you have a hard disk with a good controller
>card.  I find that kids are patient with slow booting and believe they
>more appreciate gifts of software than of drives.

I never used one, but have seen Alltech Electronics advertising a SCSI
hard drive with controller for $150 or so.  This isn't much more than
buying a DuoDisk or Apple 3.5" drive.  Add ProSel, or grab one of
the freeware or shareware menu selectors, and you have something
much better than a double-floppy loading.  If "dad" is willing to do
some extra work, he can put the DOS 3.3 disk images on the hard drive,
and copy protection on older stuff can be bypassed quickly (again,
of "dad" is wiling to put in the work).