Re: UniDisk 3.5" on a //e

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article edhel@LOSETHECAPITALWORDSapple2.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.) writes...

>On 14 Aug 1998 04:45 EDT, spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)
>wrote: 
>>    Yep, you need an Apple 3.5 Floppy Disk Interface Card, also called
>>the "Liron" card as that is the name stamped on the back. It connects
>>into an empty slot (except slot 3, preferrable slot 5 if available)
>>and mimics the Smartport on the UniDisk ROM Apple IIc. In otherwords,
>>it will operate the UniDisk 3.5 and other Smartport devices (e.g. the
>>Quark HD or Chinook CT HD).
> 
>How about 5.25" drives?

    Hmmm, good question. From what I remember, it only supported
true Smartport devices ("intelligent" ones, like the UniDisk 3.5
and floppy port hardisks) so that would leave out the Apple 5.25,
UniDisk 5.25, DuoDisk, Disk IIc external, Disk II and compatibles.

    I could be wrong, but I'm fairly sure you were required to
use a separate 5.25 controller for 5.25 drives. I can confirm
this is definitely true of the SuperDrive controller, successor
to the Liron card.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca