Re: Disk format

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mikeford@netwiz.net (Mike Ford) wrote:

>david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson) wrote:
>
>> "me" <dontmail@all.org> writes:
>> >I ask because i have an external 3 1/2  floppy, but it's meant for an IBM
>> >compatible.  So i'm thinking of wiring up a new card to stick in one of the
>> >empty slots of my //e and perhaps (if necessary that is) write a program
for
>> >reading files off the disk.
>> >
>> >If anyone suggests that i just buy an apple // floppy, i want to state that
>> >requires money and time, both of which i'm trying to conserve.  At least..
>> >..i'm trying to covserve time hunting. I don't mind spending time
tinkering.
>> 
>> Building a card will cost you much time and money for controller chips etc.
>
>I have one, a Central Point Software Deluxe Option Card.
>
>BTW yes I know this is PC drive on a PC, not a IIe card. I am not bored
>enough to even consider reworking a PC floppy drive to work on a Apple.
>Might not be too hard though, since I have a number of third party A2
>drives.

Look up ///SHH Systeme's web site.  Their BlueDisk card is a standard
PC floppy drive controller (720k, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB disk drives) for
the Apple IIe and IIGS.  Yes, it really is as simple as plugging in the card
and connecting the PC floppy drives to the Apple II.

The Apple IIGS operating system has a file system plugin that allows
it to read MS-DOS disks with a drive that can read MFM.