Re: Hard Drive Question

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"Peter Bruso" <peterbru@ma.ultranet.com> wrote:

>I have an Apple //e with a 20MB hard drive made by First Class Peripherals
>connected to it.  The hard drive recently died and I'd like to find a
>replacement drive.  The problem is that I am not familiar with what type of
>interface it uses or if it requires a special type of drive.  What I do know
>is that it is an external drive with a cable running to a controller card
>inside the case.  Can someone tell me what type of hard drive can be used
>with an Apple //e or where I can get an old First Class Peripherals hard
>drive?  I would really appreciate it.

Instead of getting a new mechanism for your broken drive, I
recommend getting a new hard drive and controller.

http://www.allelec.com/ Alltech Electronics sells the Focus hard
drive for $59.  This is a hard disk drive that is mounted to a
controller card which goes into one of the slots in your IIe (slot
7 for example).  The latest OS and lots of freewares and sharewares
are preinstalled.

After that, you just flip a switch on the IIe and the whole system
turns on.  No more bulky external case.  No more waiting for the
Sider to spin up before turning on the IIe.