hank@moogvax.UUCP (04/02/87)
I bought a IIc about 2 years and really haven't been keeping up to date with
what's been happening. I want to start to get involved again and am wondering
if there are any updates from Apple for the IIc that I missed out on. I am
especially interested in FREE updates.
Also, I have one 1 disk drive and would appreciate comments on:
a.) buying another 5.25" floopy
or
b.) buying a ramdisk from someone like Applied Engineering
or
c.) getting a 800K 3.5" disk (is this possible ?)
or
d.) another approach
I would like to get as much mass storage for the buck as possible.
Thanks a lot,
Hank
sl109001@silver.UUCP (04/03/87)
>Also, I have one 1 disk drive and would appreciate comments on: > a.) buying another 5.25" floopy Well I'm not sure where external FLOOPY drives could be obtained, but Apple Inc. does produce second floppy drives for the //c, but these are limited to the same 143 KB storage that the internal one is. > b.) buying a ramdisk from someone like Applied Engineering I would recommend Z-Ram from Applied Engineering. Pick up any recent Apple magazine (like Nybble) and they'll give you the specifications. I've heard nothing but good things over this product, and intend to purchase one myself sometime. It works well with AppleWorks, and comes in a variety of different configurations, including up to 1 MB of memory, and also with a clock or CP/M if you are willing to shell out the dough for it. > c.) getting a 800K 3.5" disk (is this possible ?) This would be preferred over the external floppy drive, since you have much greater storage per disk. It's called Unidisk 3.5, and your motherboard will undoubtedly need to be modified, since the old //c's were not built to accept it. The modification is free at any legitimate Apple dealer, with the purchase of the Unidisk. Hope this helps. __________________________________________________________________ "May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house." -- George Carlin Sincerely, Phaedrus (aka Colin Klipsch) Indiana University at Bloomington sl109001@silver.bacs.indiana.edu
swgraham@siskowit.UUCP (Sidney Graham) (04/14/87)
In article <21600007@silver>, sl109001@silver.bacs.indiana.edu writes: > > I would recommend Z-Ram from Applied Engineering. Pick up any recent > Apple magazine (like Nybble) and they'll give you the specifications. > I've heard nothing but good things over this product, and intend to > purchase one myself sometime. It works well with AppleWorks, and comes > in a variety of different configurations, including up to 1 MB of memory, > and also with a clock or CP/M if you are willing to shell out the dough > for it. I bought a Z-Ram Ultra 1 with 512 K for my Apple IIc. I'm happy with it now, but the installation was very difficult. You put the card in by taking the top of the computer, removing the MMU and CPU chips, plugging those chips into Ultra 1, and seating Ultra 1 into the vacant sockets of the MMU and CPU chips. The last step was the most difficult one. I could not get the Ultra 1 to seat firmly in the sockets, and as a result, my IIc wouldn't work at all. I took it to a local technician, and he also couldn't get the card to seat firmly in the sockets. After talking to the Applied Engineering technical staff, he decided the card was defective, and he returned it to AE. AE tested the card, and said that there was nothing wrong with it, but sent a replacement anyway. However, the technician had the same difficulty with the replacement card. He finally solved the problem by removing the entire logic board, putting it on a firm surface, and pushing down on the card until it was firmly seated. It cost me $40 extra to get the card put in, but it was worth it. With the extra memory, I can put all of AppleWorks, Basic.System, and Util.System (from Copy II+) together in RAM at the same time. AppleWorks works much faster, and I can go from AppleWorks to Basic in just a few seconds. My recommendation is to buy Z-RAM, but find a competent professional to put it in for you. Sid Graham Mathematics Dept. Michigan Tech Houghton, MI