Re: Using 3.5" IDE drive with AIIe

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3a1c3490.22155023@news.wi.centurytel.net>,
Theusch Family <ntohsepuasmch@centurytel.net> wrote:
 
> Say if I would get an IDE card for my //e... would I be able to
> somehow format a 110MB 3.5" hard drive into partitions and use
> it with my //e?
 
If you were familiar enough with your IDE card, you'd probably be
able to "somehow" partition and format your harddisk (you partition
first, the you format each partition -- you cannot do it the other
way around).  But then you'll face another problem: to find an OS for
the Apple II which supports your 110MB harddisk.  CP/M-80 could
barely make it: each CP/M-80 partition can be max 8 MBytes, and there
can be up tp 16 logical disk volumes in CP/M-80, thus CP/M-80 can in
principle use a disk of up to 16*8 = 128 MBytes...
 
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