Re: Apple IIGS to TV?

["Michael Kent" <michael.kent@a2central.com.remove-uzy-this>]

  To: limtc
 > I would like to know how you all experience the solutions mentioned
 > below before I invest in them... for example, do they work only with GS/OS, 
 > ProDOS or any OS? Do you need to install any drivers? Any
 > issues need to be aware of?

I have the CFFA card and love it.  It's my main hard drive (the only one 
hooked up currently), so it's been used nearly every day for two years without 
a problem.  I have the older v1.2 firmware (new cards will ship
with the new v2.0 firmware), which is pre-set with 4 32-Meg partitions and 
everything else one large partition.  So I, like most people I assume, have 
four 32-Meg ProDOS partitions and one 128-Meg HFS partition.

The card is compatible with ProDOS 8, ProDOS 16, and GS/OS.  ProDOS 8 will 
recognize the four 32-Meg partitions, the first two in the slot you have the 
card in and the second two in a re-mapped slot.  ProDOS 16 will recognize
the first two partitions, though it won't remap the second two.  GS/OS will 
recognize all the partitions with Dave Lyon's free driver and the Apple HFS 
FST.

It looks like from the R&D website that the new firmware will not force you to 
a particular partition map but allow you to select from 1 to 13 volumes. It 
also will boot from any partition and is 25% faster too.  All good features.

 > My house got Ethernet and WIFI network, so I am interested in the
 > Ethernet solution.

That is probably your cheapest solution to solve both your storage and 
internet access problems ($89 when they're in stock).  I have one but
haven't set up my home Ethernet network yet, so I can't personally testify
as to how well it works.  It sure is popular, though.

> I also wanted to set up a harddisk for Ding Wen, so
 > it looks like CF is an excellent solution (but I don't see CF
 > nowadays... just various types of SD and memory sticks...).

Overstock.com has SanDisk compactflash cards for $23 for 1 Gig, $38 for
2 Gig, and $55 for 4 Gig.  They offer $2.95 shipping in the USA.  Don't
know if they ship overseas, but I'm sure somebody does.

Mike
Michael Kent                                                  Apple II Forever!
St. Peters, MO
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