Die DOS Karte

Die DOS Karte in Quadras

From feinberj@bambam.magiccarpet.com (feinberj)
Subject: 6100 DOS card works in q700!

I recently took apart my 7100 to see if a 6100 DOS card would fit in it. The 6100 DOS card is a normal expansion card, plugged into an L-connector much like the L-connector the IIsi & q610 had. The L-connector would plug into the PDS slot of the 7100, but doing so would block all three Nubus slots and prevent the case from being attached. So, no DOS card for my 7100.

However, upon closer inspection of the card, its connector looked suspiciously like the connector on my old q700 L2 cache card. So I unplugged the card from the L-connector, took a deep breath, and plugged the thing into the q700. I installed the DOS card software on the q700, and it worked! I used the PC Setup control panel to allocate memory to the DOS card and create a DOS card HD partition, but I haven't had a chance to install DOS & Windows yet. But, the thing works in my q700!

> the MacWelt ( 5/96) reports that it is possible
> to use the DOS card
> for the 6100 in the PDS of Quadras.
> All you have to do is unscrew the card's adapter
> Has anybody tried that?

Yes it works I had a 6100 Dos card in my Centris 650. It worked fine. I even had the C650 clock chipped to 37Mhz as well. The only problems I had was it was incompatible with a Nubus video card and Win95 was extremely buggy.

If you have ant questions please e-mail me.

> I vaguely recall reading that this card can also
> be used on a Centris 650 by removing a right angle connector and
> plugging it into the PDS slot on the 650. Does anyone have any details
> or hints on doing this? Thanks.

Depends on which generation the DOS card is. You need the 68040 version, not the PowerPC version. With the right version, as you say you remove the bracket and run the cables out the slot in the back of the case and it works fine. I ran it this way for sevral months.

From rshapiro@bbn.com (R Shapiro)
Subject: 7.5.3, cd-rom 5.1.2, DOS compatibility card warning

Just a warning to folks about to install 7.5.3 on a Mac with Apple's DOS compatibility card: the default installation will upgrade the Mac cd-rom software to version 5.1.2, which is not fully compatible with DOS/Windows cd-rom access. You should either use custom install and not include the cd-rom portion, or you should back up your current cd-rom extensions (5.0.1) and reinstall them when you finish installing 7.5.3. Otherwise they'll be clobbered.

Probably best to keep the entire set of extensions in sync, even if you don't use them all:

Apple CD-ROM
Apple Photo Access
Audio CD Access
Foreign File Access
High Sierra File Access
ISO 9660 File Access

The new audio-cd player works fine with the old extensions, so you don't need to bother doing anything special with that.