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Re: USB Stick support of IIgs?
- Subject: Re: USB Stick support of IIgs?
- From: "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>
- Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:15:37 -0700
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Sam Latella wrote:
Is there anyway a IIgs is able to access a usb stick?
I know that compact flash is now cable for the IIgs. However, it would be
nice to have USB support? I have my IIgs setup in a tower case and am now
>installing my 800k drive in the tower case. It would be nice to have
usb support,
>if possible I woud then thread a connection to the front of my tower
case for
quick and easy swapping of files if thats possible of course?
My solution is CFFA and a CF reader (along with most others) on the
front of my case. For any tower configuration, this is pretty easy.
As for Apple II support for USB-connected mass storage...it sure is
a lot of trouble to go through to simply read and write blocks!
Then there's the question of whether CiderPress supports USB drives
with ProDOS formats...something I've never tried.
-michael
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