Re: DuoDisk & IIGS

[salfter@salfter.ncc74656.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <ZZ0s7.128599$K6.58180384@news2>,
william strutts <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:
>"Robert Thomas" <RThomas@WWLNK.net> wrote in message
>3baff437@news.vsat.net">news:3baff437@news.vsat.net...
>> What do I need to use my DuoDisk with my IIGS? Will a SuperDrive card work
>> or do I need to modify the drive itself?
>
>They made a special controller for the Duodisk if I recall right.

It's the same as a Disk II controller, only with a single DB-19.  Two of the
newer 5.25" drives should work off of it too, or you could cobble together
an adapter to drive a pair of Disk IIs.

As for plugging a DuoDisk straight into a IIGS...it works for me, but some
DuoDisks needed a modification for this to work.  IIRC, it involved removing
a capacitor somewhere in the DuoDisk; I don't remember which one.  Maybe a
search of the Apple II websites would turn up the relevant information.

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