Re: New to the group, have questions about a IIe and cards...

["William R. Walsh" <newsgroups1@idontwantjunqueemail.walshcomptech.com>]

Hi!

> Look at the front of yours.
> What does the sticker say? It should be something like "20 Meg". There
> should be a sticker on the EPROM on the card, also. What does that say? It
> should have a rev and mention IIgs or IIe.

"Copyright 1989 Applied Engineering
Rev. VUL1.4E/40"

> You don't need the power supply, you can run the IDE cable out the back
and
> power the hard disk with a separate supply. I've used the supply from a
> small computer, or an external CDROM drive.

This much I had done, choosing to modify a higher-capacity aftermarket IIe
supply (the original didn't look strong enough to handle the disk and a
machine full of cards...) to provide +5 and +12V power.

> The Vulcan firmware limits your choices of drives. They need to have 4
> heads. I've also heard that a flash memory card, in IDE mode, will work.
> Here is a kind of random collection of info I've gathered on the Vulcan
over
> the years.

That's great info and good to know. It appears that maybe this is "sort of"
working right now. From time to time ProDOS applications (especially when
file operations are being performed) cause the hard drive to make some
noises and the light to blink briefly on the adapter.

William