Re: ZipGS card

["julian814" <julian814@hotmail.com>]

Bill Garber wrote:
> "julian814" <julian814@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> : Okay, here's what I have for my GS, anyone can recommend where to put
> : it all. There's the ZipGS, a 4 meg memory card, A CFFA 256 meg hard
> : card and a high speed SCSI card that I'll need for the CD ROM. The GS
> : is a ROM 01.
>
> That is going to be a nice setup.  :o)

Thanks. I also have a sound card somewhere, but I won't need it for
what I want to do with the GS.

>
> : Bill recommended putting the SCSI card in slot 7 and the CFFA in slot 4,
> : but that might interfere with the mouse.
>
> This recommendation was for a ROM 03 only.

That's right, I remember. I hadn't told you at the time that the GS was
a ROM 01.

>
> : I'm hesitant to put anything in slot 6, because I'll need the floppy
> : drives as well.
>
> I suggested the SCSI card in slot 6, as you can copy CD files to hard
> drive partitions and then switch back to floppy to convert to disks.

Good idea!

>
> : I probably won't need to use a modem on it, because all the software
> : I want access to is on CD and floppy.
>
> In this case, put the SCSI card in slot 2. Switch back to modem port
> in the event you want to link to a PC or Mac.

Sounds like the best plan so far. I'll do that.

>
> : The reason I'm trying to get this setup going is so I can offer the
> : freeware and shareware that I have to others on floppies.
>
> A very commendable use of a great machine.
>
> : The CDs are the Time in a Bottle collection. I was told it was all
> : freeware and shareware, and I don't plan on charging much more than
> : it costs to put them to disk.
>
> A lot of it is, but as a complete set, it may not be.
>
> : Hope this doesn't cause any grief with Syndicomm.
>
> Well, they do have rights to sell the compilation, AFAIK.

I have absolutely no plans on selling a complete compilation of the
CD's. If they want that much software, I'll direct them to Syndicomm,
and they can buy the CD set themselves.


Thanks again, Bill. I'll start tinkering with the GS today.



Ralph Glatt