Re: Exactly what 800K 3.5 drive do I need?

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In article <8puz3.798$9D2.67672@typ11.nn.bcandid.com>, shack@southwind.net
(Randy Shackelford) wrote:
> The grey 3.5 aka "Apple 3.5 Drive" was marketed for all boxes which could
> use a 3.5 drive. Hence it has a model # beginning with A9M. The "Apple II
> Unidisk 3.5" is only for Apple IIs and has an A2M model #. BTW the eject
> button gets disabled on older Mac system software at least, but it seems
> like I got it to work on my SE/30 with OS 7.5.5 on an external 800K and
> on an external superdrive.
Ah. Yeah, I just went and looked in an old Apple product catalog (what a
trip down memory lane) and saw all the pictures and figured it out...I'd
swear the button worked when I hooked it up to my SE as well, BTW. I just
always assumed that the 'Apple 3.5 drive' was marketed for the IIgs but
happened to be crosscompatible with the Mac but perhaps that was an
unmentioned fact to get people to assume that they wanted the much more
mac-looking 'Apple 800k drive'
I've seen that happen before with other items...

> 
> >BTW. This may be a stupid question, but...
> >Will a card that is being used to drive a UniDisk 5.25 on a IIe also
> >enable the use of a UD 3.5? I haven't examined the card greatly, but I
> >remember it being Apple, but not a Superdrive or a 'regular' Apple 5.25
> >controller. It's at school somewhere now.
> 
> Nope, only the card with LIRON on it will work. The superdrive card might
> as well but I'm not inclined to put my card or a Unidisk at risk trying it.
> They're both a bit too scarce so I can live without knowing.
Ah, damn. Want to find an affordable way to put a 3.5 drive on the IIe so
I can do some finishing tests on the GEOS thing...affordable, of course,
being the sort of thing I might find in a thrift store or such...