Re: AEHD drive

[Pim Blokland <nipp@nipp.nl>]

In article <Ju0g4.26$dx4.2539548@alpha.sky.net>, jmholmes@swbell.net 
(John) wrote:

> I keep hearing all this talk about an AE drive, and it got me to 
> wondering 
> about an AE 3.5" Disk Drive (that's what the label on the bottom says) 
> that 
> also has a sticker on it that says 1Q 1992 (which I would assume would 
> mean 
> first quarter of 1992)...  Could this possibly be a larger than 800K 
> floppy 
> that just needs a special driver?  I can't format/write/read any floppies 
> with 
> it though it does at least try.

No. AE made several disk drives, and if your drive does not specifically 
say "AEHD" on the front, it is not a HD drive.
The AEHD needs a driver; without it it can only use 800K floppies.
When you say "can't read any floppies" do you mean you can't read HD 
floppies, or, you can't read any floppies at all - not even the ones 
that were formatted using the Apple 3.5 drive?
-- 
Groetjes, Pim

Oh, just one bit of advice you might be able to use: seventeen.
I'll be downstairs if you need me.
I'll still be downstairs if you think you don't need me.