Re: 3.5 drive on IIe question

[buggie@musca.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

The advice you received on this card is accurate.  I Think that this drive
cards is the "Liron" 3.5 card, and it is intended to be used with the
white-cased "Unidisk 3.5" disk drive, not with the grey-encased Apple 3.5
drive.

Apple devotees should buy and use the APPLE IIC PLUS, which is directly
capable of using the platinum grey 3.5 disk drive.  Its internal mechanism
is the guts for the platinum 3.5 drive.  I got a IIC Plus at a thrift
shop; its drive was jammed; I merely swapped the innards from an external
platinum 3.5 drive, and it WORKS!  The IIC Plus also has an internal power
supply, IIGS-layout of keyboard, and a 4 MHz accelerator.  This is now my
favorite portable for typing.  Long live the IIC PLUS!


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Ernest (ernestls@home.com) wrote:
: I have an Apple 3.5 floppy disk drive interface card (1985,) and I'm trying
: to use it with an Apple 3.5 external disk drive (1988) but the my A2e won't
: recognize it. The drive works fine on a Laser 128 but it doesn't even light
: up on my Apple IIe (it does click once on power up.)

: Is there any trick to making this card/drive work on my IIe, or is the card
: most likely dead? I've tried it in slot 5, 6, and 7 (ProDos 8v1.4)  with
: same results.

: I was told that the drive was designed for the IIgs but that it would work
: on a IIe.

: Does anyone have any suggestions?

: The card numbers are:

: ASCO 508
: 603-9107-a
: 820-0017-a

: Thanks.

: Ernest