eldorado@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (David D Jansen) (01/08/90)
Keywords: IIc, Zmodem, Hard drives Some one posted something about needing the new IIc roms to access more than a 5 1/4" disk. I have been considering upgrading mine but am wary of the trouble I could encounter. Could someone who has done this please tell me EXACTLY what to do (so I can blame you instead :^) ). Or maybe I could get Apple's OFFICIAL word how to make the exchange. You see, when AI releases the internal hard drive I want to get one. Which reminds me, could anyone who has bought anything from Applied Ingenuity give me info about the quality of their work? I know the are relatively new... Where is that Zmodem!!?? Where is "The Program of the Gods"?? Does anyone have Zmodem for an Apple?? Is it possible to modify a Thunderscan for a Scribe? How exactly does daisy chaining work? Sure, you plug all the drives together and each drive is accessed in turn until all the drives have been searched or the program is found. But what circuitry is used to access each drive separately? Does anyone know of a company wanting a summer intern who is majoring in Computer Electrical Engineering. I am "only" a sophomore who is very hard working and would extremely enjoy using his talents in the "real- world". Dave Jansen (The Gilded One) eldorado@en.ecn.purdue.edu "We have to make all our programs idiot-proof. Idiots are very intelligent!"
davep@pro-graphics.cts.com (David Pirmann) (01/14/90)
In-Reply-To: message from eldorado@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU
Zmodem is available on Checkmate's ProTERM package.
ProLine: davep@pro-graphics "We are all in the gutter,
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Internet: davep@pro-graphics.cts.comllp@psuhcx.psu.edu (Laura L. Pauley) (01/16/90)
In article <6334.apple_ii.info-apple@pro-graphics> davep@pro-graphics.cts.com (David Pirmann) writes: |In-Reply-To: message from eldorado@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU | |Zmodem is available on Checkmate's ProTERM package. | Yeah but the problem is that all of the BBS packages for the apple // (or at least all of the ones that I've seen (GBBS Pro, Modemworks, etc...) don't support the protocol. I did see a supposed version of SuperTac for GBBS that "supported Zmodem" but of course it didn't work. BTW, Is there anyone out there that can write "USE" files for GBBS. I am looking for some protocol drivers.
w0033@desire.wright.edu (01/21/90)
>Where is that Zmodem!!?? Where is "The Program of the Gods"?? Does anyone >have Zmodem for an Apple?? When you say Zmodem are you referring to the protocall, or an actual program called Zmodem? If you are referring to the protocall, Proterm 2.1 supports it. I don't know much about how Zmodem actually works, but it is supposed to be much faster than Y or X modem. I can't seem to get our systems reply function to work so keep having to just Post replys. Hence the lack of a refer to in some Subject fields.
w0033@desire.wright.edu (01/21/90)
I was unable to find any technical data on how individual drives are accessed through the smartport. Maybe it's some sort of company secret or something. I suspect that there are a couple select lines which go high or low to tell which drive is expected to respond, but I really don't know. I could guess how I would do it, but of coourse it would all be conjecture. I have heard that the drive port itself can handle 128 drives with up to 4 Gig per drive, but the current GS software and other hardware have a problem with this. I would guess that ideally someone could design a hard drive that plugs right into the disk port on a chain.