[comp.sys.apple] UNIDISK AND //GS?

CS656@OUACCVMB.BITNET (01/12/88)

I have a Unidisk 3.5 drive for my //C which works nicely. A friend of mine
was going to get one for her //C which she intends to keep for another six
months or so and then get a IIGS.  A dealer told her that while the Unidisk
works fine on the //C it has serious compatability problems on the IIGS.
Has anyone else out there heard this? It seems a little hard to believe to me
but I have very little experience on a IIGS. The dealer did mention, of course,
that her best option was to just go ahead and buy a IIGS then and there.
ERRATA
I have been informed that SOFTERM II is not copyprotected. My mistake.
I was basing my information on what a salesperson had told me when I asked
about transfering it to my 3.5 or /RAM drive.
Bob Church  CS656@OUACCVMB

pwing@apple.UUCP (Philip L. Wing) (01/13/88)

In article <8801112358.aa13614@SMOKE.BRL.ARPA>, CS656@OUACCVMB.BITNET writes:
> I have a Unidisk 3.5 drive for my //C which works nicely. A friend of mine
> was going to get one for her //C which she intends to keep for another six
> months or so and then get a IIGS.  A dealer told her that while the Unidisk
> works fine on the //C it has serious compatability problems on the IIGS.
> Has anyone else out there heard this? It seems a little hard to believe to me
>but I have very little experience on a IIGS. The dealer did mention, of course,
> that her best option was to just go ahead and buy a IIGS then and there.

Nope, the dealer is just trying to sell you a GS! (We wouldn't might it,
though...):-)  UniDisk 3.5's work just fine with a GS, especially since the
"Unified" drive (I forget what the product name actual is) wasn't delivered
in prototype form to me when I original got my GS.  The only thing the new
drive really gives you is the ability to also use it on a Macintosh.  Also,
I believe the list price is lower.
 
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halp@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU ("Bruce P. Halpern") (01/13/88)

You can transfer Softerm II to a 3.5 disk, but I have not been able to get 
v2.53 to execute from the 3.5 disk. Always hangs up. I have not tried a RAM 
disk (all this is on a non-enhanced ][e).

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