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Re: Which 3.5 drive do I need for my 2E enhanced?



Don't forget the SuperDrive card.

OK, back to watching USA whoop Uruguay in the Tournament of the Americas.

Thank you,
Jason Whorton
http://www.microxl.com/oldcomputers/main.html

stephen e buggie wrote in message <7mlpub$1g40$2@lynx.unm.edu>...
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>This is easy!
>
>You need an Apple LIRON interface card, and the white-encased Unidisk 3.5"
>800K drive.
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>You can use the greay Apple 3.5 drive, _if_ you have any of these extic
>rare cards:
>
>Laser UDC universal disk controller card
>or
>Ohio Kache Systems multikache card
>
>I've got them all, but am selfishly hogging them and won't sell.  These
>rare cards will be lining my casket when I am eventually lowered into the
>grave .....
>
>Steve Buggie buggie@unm.edu
>Gallup NM
>
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>
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>
>John Jacobs (jjacobs@hager.net) wrote:
>: Here's a bit from an Apple 2 History web site talking about 3.5 drives...
>: (http://www.hypermall.com/History/ah09.html)
>
>: "Overall, Apple released four versions of 3.5 drives between 1984 and
1986.
>: First was the 400K drive used on the original Macintosh, then the 800K
>: UniDisk 3.5 (which wouldn't work on the Mac), then an 800K drive for the
Mac
>: (which wouldn't work on the Apple II), and finally the Apple 3.5 drive,
>: which worked on the Apple IIGS and the Mac, but not the IIe and original
>: IIc"
>
>: Question: I want to add one 3.5 to my Apple 2E enhanced, so what do I
need?
>: Right now the computer has  two individual 5.25 drives (not the two
>: connected together unit). I see many 3.5 drives on ebay, but I want to be
>: sure it'll work with my setup. Thanks!
>
>