Re: Shall an Unidisk 3.5 connected to IIGS smart port, boot troubleless?

[ilgatto@videobank.it]

On 15 Mag, 20:44, magnusfalkirk <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 15, 2:36 pm, ilga...@videobank.it wrote:
>
> > I've received an unidisk 3.5 and i noticed a strange behaviour.
> > If i use regular disks made with apple 3.5 drive with 2:1 interleave
> > with unidisk connected alone to smart port it doesn't boot at all;
> > neither with ROM 01, nor with my ROM 3 IIgs.
> > However If i use the unidisk together with an Apple 3.5 drive and boot
> > System 5.0.4 (unidisk driver on disk) with apple 3.5 the unidisk is
> > recognized by finder, polled intermittenly and read my disk flawlessy
> > but seems to give a mistake when trying to write.
>
> > Shall a fully functional unidisk allow a normal (even if slow) boot
> > with a IIGS when connected alone to smart port?
>
> I could be wrong but I don't think the Unidisk 3.5 was ever designed
> to be used as a boot drive on the GS. Using it as a second drive, with
> the Apple 3.5 plugged in first, is probably your best means of using
> it.
>
> Dean

Thanks Dean.
It doesn't matter if boot is normally unavaible on a IIGS with 3.5
unidisk. I've 3 IIgs but also some apple 3.5 drives for them.
I would have been sure it was logically and mechanically flawless in
the perspective to buy an apple IIC.
If someone else could confirm the unavailability of boot using an
unidisk 3.5 on 2gs smartport i'll search for IIC.

My apologies for my english spelling
Regards