Re: Apple IIe Daisy Chains

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Franklin Cacciutto <shadtree@earthlink.net> wrote:

>I faced a problem some years ago. I have an Apple IIe, but used a IIgs,
>which has both a 5.25 inch floppy and a 3.5 inch floppy, to get my
>precious Appleworks IIe files onto 3.5 disks so that my Macintosh
>translators would be able to go to work on them and turn them into
>Clarisworks files. It worked.
>
>But I also happen to have an old Apple 3.5 inch disk drive! It looks
>like I could daisy chain it right onto my two Apple IIe 5.25 inch
>drives. But I have been afraid to try. Do you know if that can be done?
>If so, that may be a better solution, too. Not a 5.25 inch drive for the
>Macintosh (which I suspect does not exist), but a daisy chained 3.5
>inch drive for the IIe.
>
>Please let me know if you have advice for me. Thanks!

Your 5.25 disk controller can't control 3.5 drives.  To get it
to work with the IIe, you need one that CAN control both
drives.

The Laser brand Universal Disk Controller (UDC) card is the
one you are looking for.  It'll let you connect a 5.25 and a
3.5 drive to it, either daisychained or one on each of the two
ports provided.