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Re: 3.5 drive on IIe question
- Subject: Re: 3.5 drive on IIe question
- From: Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>
- Date: 2000/06/03
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- References: <TnmZ4.80730$55.667203@news1.sttls1.wa.home.com> <8hbcek$n0k$3@lynx.unm.edu>
stephen e buggie wrote:
> 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!
I only have two complaints about my //c+ - I can't find a hard drive for it, and
I can't find a memory upgrade card for it. Other wise it's a really sweet
machine!
Roy