Re: ORCA/C need 5.25" drive?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <mtm4.91.000BA6E5@rsvl.unisys.com>,
Mike McCormick <mtm4@rsvl.unisys.com> wrote:
> I just got the ORCA/C brochure I requested from ByteWorks.  It mentions
> 5.25" drive among the system requiremements.  I find this hard to believe.

Me too.  I haven't ever needed to use my 5.25" drive with ORCA/C, so
it must be a typo.  I think they meant to say "Apple IIgs with at
least one 3.5" drive, one other disk drive of any type, and 1024K of
memory".

I would recommend a hard drive and at least 2 MB of RAM.  You could get
by with two 3.5" drives, but it is pretty painful (I did that for a
while with APW and APW C, and I didn't enjoy it).

> Can someone tell me if this is true, before I blow $250 on ORCA/C? 

I hope you aren't about to blow $250.  $150 is the recommended retail
price, and you can get it for much less than that.  Resource Central
sells it for US$90, for example.
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