Re: interface card for the PC to read & write apple2e floppies

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

There are SCSI interface cards available for the IIe as well
as IDE interface cards.  You can still get some IDE type
hard cards for the IIe/IIgs.

The Floppy drives used in the Apples used a format called
GCR(??) which is a multispeed format  unlike the standard
format of the PC which is MFM.  You can't read a Apple
disk using a standard PC drive mechanism.  There was a
card which supported the Apple Super Drives which were
1.44 meg format and that can be read on a PC.  I have
accessed Mac encoded disk on my PC using the 1.44 meg
format since it was using the MFM technology.  In fact,
I have been able to make disk images of Mac floppies and
make Mac floppies from images using a program called
WinImage and TransMac.  The II disk are similar to the
Mac encoded disk and hence you can read them on a
Mac using Apple File Transfer utility in System 7.
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"Brian" <bsewart@ihug.com.au> wrote in message
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> Has anyone got any info for making a controller card for a PC that will
read
> & write apple2e floppies?  Will any 51/4 drive read & write the apple
> floppies, or are they different?
>
> I have heard about the catweasel(i think it is called) that will do alot
of
> formats, but I want to build it for a learning experience as well as
> practical application.
>
> Has anyone made a hard drive interface for the Apple2e?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
>