Re: 2E - 3.5" drive question

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Basicall Apple made 5 different 3.5" disk drives and they all can be
used on the IIe. However you need the correct interface card for that
drive. The model A9M0106 you have can be used with a Universal
Disk controller card made by Vtech or Central point Software. It can
also be used with an Apple SuperDrive controlller card(part # 820-0500
on card). Or I believe with the PC Transporter card.
The most common  3.5" drive setup used with a IIe is the 3.5" UniDisk
(A2M2053) with the UniDisk controller(820-0117) sometimes refered
to as the Liron card. While this is the 3.5" drive setup you're most likely
to see on a IIe,  any 3.5" drive on a IIe is very uncommon.

Jazzmanian wrote:

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>
> I recently aquired a IIe and want to play with it for fun. But it came
> with no diskettes whatsoever so I have no OS to boot.
>
> I have tried to build a boot diskette using software on my Mac, and
> 800k prodos format, but I think I may have the wrong 3.5 disk drive.
>
> Can anyone tell me the model # for a 3.5" drive that will work with a
> IIe.  The drives I have are model A9M0106.
>