On 1/19/2023 9:28 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jan 2023, Chris via cctalk wrote:
So the ideal setup for best utilizing a GW is what? Or does it not
matter if it's a 5150 or a Pentium4?
I would recommend 5170 (AT), to also have the 500K bps data transfer
rate of its FDC.
Newer PCs often have unnecessary complications. Many no longer even
support floppies!
Maybe 5170 means something different to everyone else here than it does
to me (I thought it meant IBM PC AT), but GW requires a machine capable
of USB, and I think the system needs to run either a recent version of
Windows or Linux OS, or be a recent vintage MacOS (maybe a FrankenMac
would work, but still, something that will run a recent MacOS version)
Maybe the question is about ImageDisk, which the 5170 would be fine for
(I have a PII sitting here that runs it with a 1.2MB/1.44MB switchable
dual disk in a half height bay, and a 360kB head load Tec that I think I
bought from Chuck or at least someone on here (still working awesome,
BTW. OS is DOS 6.XX (whatever the newest was before v7 dual boot with
Ubuntu)
Jim
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