Subject: Re: //c questions From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Lines: 85 NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder07.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 07 Jul 1999 06:45:44 GMT References: <7lulna$bp2$1@ash.prod.itd.earthlink.net> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Message-ID: <19990707024544.23147.00012047@ng-bh1.aol.com> macfan@earthlink.net (Bill Brown) wrote: >Many years ago, I had a Laser 128EX... >I had an external 3.5" drive, and no slot clock, and RAM expanded on it. > >Recently inherited a bunch of apple //c's... > >Want to keep one... > >Is it possible to use the external 3.5" drive on the //c? Yes, but only a UniDisk 3.5. >If so, Do I remember right in that an external Mac 3.5" floppy was used on the >Laser 128? Will it also work on the //c? No. The Laser 128 can support Mac drives because of the controller. The IIc's controller is much weaker and requires the slower UniDisk 3.5. Too bad you gave up the Laser. It was a better computer than the IIc. >Is the RAM expandable? I seem to remember a door on the Laser for this... >how about the //c? Yes, there are 1MB RAM cards for the IIc. They are more of a hack than the Laser 128EX's built in 1MB expansion card. On the Laser 128EX, you just pop in RAM chips. See http://www.sequential.com/ Sequential Systems and http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech Electronics for more info on RAM expansion hardware and to buy RAM for the IIc. >Is there a source for a no-slot clock anymore? I think they have just recently been phased out. Actually, why not sell all the IIc units and look for a Laser 128EX/2. The EX/2 model has a built in clock, built in MIDI, a control panel that is backed up by a NiCad battery, and can support even more drives! I'm also going to attempt to install an internal hard drive on my EX/2. The main model of the EX/2 has a 3.5" internal floppy (users could also optionally get a 5.25" internal floppy, but why). >lastly... > >I remember having a nice menuing/utility program that loaded on boot. For the >life of me I can't remember the name of the product. I believe it was >commercial... > >It would allow you to browse files, format disks, and other options. It wasn't >an Apple software product. ProSel 8. It is now freeware. Used to be commercial. >Now lastly... > >Proterm... >Where can I find this software? >Are there any other alternatives to Proterm in terms of terminal software? >If so, which ones, and availability... ProTERM is at version 3.1 and still being sold. See http://www.intrec.com/ Intrec for more info. It is the only way to go if you want zmodem, VT100, and a mouse based interface all in one package. >Lastly (really this time) >Is there a place to find archiving software? >I seem to remember an ".shk" extension...is my memory correct? It is called ShrinkIt! and is an archiving program. ShrinkIt! is to the IIc as Zip archives are to the PC. You can find it (and ProSel 8) at the ground ftp server. The URL is http://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/ Look in the apple8 folder for 8-bit stuff. Within the apple8 folder you'll find utilities and comm folders. Ground is organized into .txt and .shk file pairs. Click on the .txt files to read the descriptions. Download the .shk files described by the .txt files (right click in Windows and click and hold on a Mac).