Re: I have a IIgs. So now what?

["William Garber" <willy46pa@garberstreet.com>]

"roughana" <andrew.roughan@writeme.com> wrote in message 1172793031.699191.93160@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com">news:1172793031.699191.93160@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com...
: On Mar 2, 9:25 am, Tristan Mumford <xtristan.xmumf...@xgmail.xcom>
: wrote:
:
: > *Borrow one or two of the platinum Unidisk drives from my IIe.
: I think that these need to use the 3.5" controller card and can't plug
: into the IIgs directly. Could be wrong though.

No, the Unidisk 3.5" drives work fine.
The Liron controller and slot 5 in the IIgs
are both Smartport controllers.

: You can plug in a Disk ][ controller for 5.25" drives if you have one.

Yep, or if you have Unidisk 5.25 drives, they work fine
connected to the disk port in the back of the IIgs.

: You'll really need a 3.5" drive to load System 6.0.1 and most other
: IIgs specific software.

Although this is true for disk only systems,
you could get a CF adapted drive, Microdrive
from GSE-Reactive, or a CFFA from Rich Dreher.
Another solution is a Focus card and a CF-44
pin adapter and use a CF card with that.

Also, a Superdrive or the Bluedisk would give
you a 1.44MB solution. I use that for a quick-fix
solution when I don't want to hook everything up.

William Garber
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