Re: 3.5 drive on IIe question

["Ernest" <ernestls@home.com>]

stephen e buggie wrote in message <8hbcek$n0k$3@lynx.unm.edu>...
>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.

You're right. My 3.5 controller card does say Liron, which is for the
Unidisk drive it seems.


>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.

My Laser 128 supports this platinum drive too. My Laser came with a second
external
5.25 drive which works on the same port as the 3.5 drive. The problem is
that I can't seem to
copy files from my 3.5 to my internal 5.25.

Ernest
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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.)
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>: 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.
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>: I was told that the drive was designed for the IIgs but that it would
work
>: on a IIe.
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>: Does anyone have any suggestions?
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>: The card numbers are:
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>: ASCO 508
>: 603-9107-a
>: 820-0017-a
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>: Thanks.
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>: Ernest
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