User`s guide

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From: Bradley P. Von Haden
001- How difficult is it to add a hard drive to my IIGS?
Adding a hard drive is not much of a problem. Usually, you will need to
insert an interface card, possibly connect a cable or two, and change a Slot
setting in the Control Panel Desk Accessory.
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002- What kinds of hard drive systems are available for
Apple II users?
The most versatile and most common hard drive set-up is an internal SCSI
interface card and an external SCSI drive. Hard drives, cd-rom drives,
removable media (SyQuest, Iomega), flopticals, and scanners all can be added to
the SCSI chain. Insert the card in a slot, connect a cable or two, and change a
slot setting.
The preferred SCSI card is the RamFAST Rev. D SCSI card. The next best card
is the Apple Hi-Speed SCSI card.
Here are some RamFAST notes:
- faster than Apple Hi-Speed, especially in ProDOS
- provides termination power to the SCSI chain
- allows partitions to be mapped in ProDOS
- device drivers come on the card in the upgradeable ROM chip
(3.01f)
- allows up to 8 devices to be added to the chain
- allows up to 12 partitions to be active at any one time
(switchable)
- allows up to 12 partitions per drive
- about $130 new
Here are some Apple High Speed notes:
- no longer produced or supported by Apple
- does not provide termination power to the SCSI chain (can be
modified to provide termination power)
- does not allow partitions to be mapped in ProDOS
- device drivers are software
- allows up to 7 devices to be added to the chain
- allows over 100 partitions to be active at any one time
- allows up to 20 (?) partitions per drive
- about $110 new (if still available)
For the hard drive itself, look for a SCSI drive in an external enclosure with
the following features:
- 30 day money-back guarantee
- external SCSI ID switching