Re: Apple IIgs With Apple SCSI card and Zip100 Drive

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Nov 11, 8:49 pm, mdj <mdj....@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 12, 6:21 am, Jcarlson1701 <jcarlson1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I just got an Apple SCSI card for my ROM01 GS (GSOS 6.0.1 running from
> > floppy) and would like to get my old SCSI Zip drive to work with it. I
> > installed the card, plugged my Zip drive in with a disk in it and upon
> > booting up I get the dialog box that asks me to initialize the disk.
> > However, when I click on initialize the system freezes up. Is there a
> > special driver I need, or something I'm not doing right to cause this?
>
> You'll need to partition the zip disk for it to be used effectively -
> an appropriate tool is included with GS/OS but I don't remember the
> specifics.
>
> Matt

When you get this working, I'm just dying to know how long it takes GS/
OS to boot. Can you let us know?

Thanks,
Warr