Re: 2E - 3.5" drive question

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

David Empson (dempson@actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
: <tturner@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:
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: >     Also - just curious here, I have a duodisk drive controller card
: >     and if I _were_ to try to add a 3.5" drive to my IIe, what options
: >     would I have for being able to have both the duodisk and a 3.5"
: >     disk drive working all together in the same box?

: You would need both cards, since neither of Apple's 3.5" controllers
: support 5.25" drives.  (The UDC does, but not as well as the standard
: Apple controller.)

: >     (In my case, I have a Sider working from slot 5, the duodisk from slot
: >     6, and no free slots unless I pull my CP/M card; as I have a mouse
: >     card, a Serial Pro, RamWorks/RGB...

: Have you considered upgrading to a IIgs?  You could toss out a few of
: those cards, in particular the RamWorks and the mouse card, and possibly
: the serial card (if you don't mind changing serial cables).  One catch
: is that the CP/M card is quite likely to have compatibility problems,
: and I don't know the situation with the Sider.
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--> Thanks for the clarification. Yes - T'wouldn't be in slot 3.
    I do have a IIgs as well - but it's supposedly just for the
    BBS (if and when I ever get the cable made). But the main
    things is that I started with the IIe and it has always
    remained my first love. I've spent an inordinate amount of
    money on the IIe - over 4,000 dollars (CDN) over the last
    decade and a half (almost) with absolutely no provable
    justification (as far as the wife is concerned!); but my
    IIe is my baby and it gets all the (remaining) A2 attention
    I give to this side of my hobby - the IIgs is just a IIgs
    and is mostly neglected (no offense meant to IIgs fans!) as
    I'm not as familliar with it. It's got a HD, extra RAM (2
    meg, I think), GS/OS 5 and not much else and it boots into
    ProDOS, for the (8-bit) BBS software anyway - why bother
    with the extra overhead of GS/OS when ProDOS uses much less
    memory? I don't even boot GS/OS unless I need to use ShrinkIt
    GS - for me, there's no other reason to use it. That's not
    to say the GS couldn't be so much more - I know it can. It's
    just not required, nor a focus, in my hobbying, at present.
    That may or may not change - time will tell; but in the
    meantime - it's the IIe all the way, baby . . .
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