Re: PC Transporter uses

[fmlin@netcom.com (Frank M. Lin)]

In article <1993May13.035250.29985@nuscc.nus.sg> ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) writes:
>Hi, I just bought a PC Transporter for my GS. And I wish to know the opinion
>of other PCT, IBM or GS users.
>
>I wish to know that:
>
>* What games that are worth playing work on PCT? Are there Space Invaders?
>  Galaxian? Will Xenon II work?

I dunno, not much I guess.  It's "only" CGA.  :)  When I had mine, I didn't
use it for games at all.

>* What new software works on PCT? Stacker 3.0? MS-DOS 6.0? Any suggestions?

When I had mine, I was able to run MS-DOS 5.0 and Stacker 1.0 ( latest
version at that time ).  Basically, all XT/AT applications should work.
Or, all non-32 bit specific programs should run.  GEOWORKS works great with
XT I heard, you might want to give that a shot.

>* What software is needed if I am interested in getting sharewares/PD etc
>  from the ftp sites?

It would've awesome if LINUX can run on PCT. :)  Too bad it's 32 bit.  I
dunno about others.  Check those pc/msdos newsgroupts.

>* What is the suggested hard disk space I should put aside for my PCT?
>  I am not asking for a answer like "as much as possible", because my harddisk
>  has limited space, and wish to know the minimum I can survive with.

Well, it really depends.  I spared about 5 or 10 mb if I remembered 
right.  XT stuff don't take that much space.  Turbo C would take couple
of megs though.

>* What is the latest system software for PCT?

I think it's 2.0.5.

>* What special thing I should take note of?

Don't unplug the drives with power on.  ( guess how I found out :)

>Thanks for any suggestions. If you want to know why I still buy PCT despites
>it is heavily outdated, here are the reasons: I got it for about only US$90 
>(complete with 640K, 8087, GS installation kit and a 3.5" non-Apple drive),
>and I plan to use it as a RAM disk and a chinese word processor.

You only paid $90?  If that's new ( ie, if they have anymore ), let me 
know if they take international orders.

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