Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!isis!kreme From: kreme@isis.cs.du.edu (Max Headshop) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: SCSI cards Message-ID: <1990Oct16.191552.3500@isis.cs.du.edu> Date: 16 Oct 90 19:15:52 GMT References: <90284.212510TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET> Reply-To: kreme@isis.UUCP (Max Headshop) Organization: Pseudo-Dragon Protection League Lines: 35 In article <90284.212510TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET> TS8RBOTW@MIAMIU.BITNET writes: --]First question: I'll be getting a HD soon, but before I sink almost $1000 --]into my IIGS, I want to know about my future prospects... In the slight --]chance that I will eventually get out of the Apple II market, I will most --]probably move to macintosh (heaven forbid). Anyway, seeing as how I'll get --]a SCSI drive, I'll be able to use that on the mac, but what about the SCSI --]cards? Will the Apple High Speed SCSI card and/or the RamFAST SCSI card --]work on a mac? I'd really like the RamFAST SCSI, but if it won't work on --]the mac, I'll stick with the Apple card. None of the cards will work on a Mac, but that's OK, Macs don't need cards, they have a SCSI port built in as part of the computer. If you move from a gs to a mac you can keep the Drive, but the card goes with the GS as it would be useless to you. The RAMFast SCSI is about twice as fast as the DMA SCSI, but also costs twice as much. --]Second question: I just discovered a few IIGSs in the computer lab... --]unfortunately, they're the "Woz edition." (with Woz' signature, even!) --]Therefore, very little of today's software runs on it. What I was wondering --]was, is there any kind of upgrade available for this computer? The Upgrade is called RAM. All these machines need is a RAM card to go up to 1.125 Megs or so. That is, unless the machine doesn't boot up with a screen that says "ROM 01." Then you need a free upgrade available at any reputable Apple Dealer. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | kreme@nyx.cs.du.edu |Growing up leads to growing old, and then to dying, and| |---------------------|dying to me don't sound like all that much fun. | | |