Re: Hard drive for GS?

["Henry" <apl2research@comcast.net>]

Bill Gerber also have an 800 Meg MicroDrive IDE controller/Hard Drive combo. 
You may to ask him what he's selling it for.  Probably around $140 with 
GS/OS loaded and partitioned.  You can email him from his Website at 
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com/.


Henry


"Jayson Smith" <nospamratguyspambegone@nospamplease.bellsouth.ihatespam.net> 
wrote in message news:yRhIe.7610$jq.1107@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
> Hi,
> I'm blind, and a total newbie to the concept of hard drives on Apple
> computers.  I'm thinking of getting a hard disk for my Rom 01 GS.  Since 
> I'm
> blind, I use Prodos and DOS 3.3, and not GS/OS.  My system isn't equipped
> for a hard drive in the least, no IDE/SCSI/etc. card.
> My first question is, is there any way to use a modern IDE hard drive on a
> GS?  Is there an IDE interface card?  If so, how much does it cost, is it
> still made or is it an old, long since discontinued product?  Also, am I
> correct that the partition limit for Prodos volumes is 32 megabytes?  What
> about using hard disks under DOS 3.3 with something like AmDos?
> Thanks for any help.
> Jayson.
>
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