Re: Swap IIe enhancement kit and IW II 32K memory option for 3.5 controller

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

"Michael J. Mahon" wrote:

> Unless you have Superdrives, there is no advantage in using
> a Superdrive controller--in fact, there are some functional
> incompatibilities with the Liron card when accessing 3.5"
> drives at a low level.
>
> Needless to say, the Superdrive controller cards are _much_
> rarer than the Liron cards, and correspondingly more valuable.
> (Of course, if you had the controller, you'd be more than halfway
> to a full Superdrive setup, since the Apple 3.5 Drives can be
> easily upgraded with old Mac "superdrives".)

I'd much prefer using a SuperDrive card in all my Apple IIs,
even with an 800k drive. Largely because it's faster. With my
IIgs I can read and write fastest using  a 1-1 interleave. In my
IIe I can read the quickest with a1-1 interleave but for writing a
2-1 interleave is the fastest. Still that's twice as fast as a 3.5"
UniDisk.
I did try a Superdrive card in a II+ even though the manual
fails to mention using it in anything except a IIe or IIgs.
Worked so nicely I hated putting it back in my IIe.

    Wayne