Re: UniDisk 3.5" on a //e

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Wayne Stewart (waynes@intergate.bc.ca) wrote:

: > I wouldn't expect an external superdrive to be easier to find than a unidisk.
: > When you consider how few were sold to Apple II users and how few Mac users
: > could justify the cost back in those days ($350ish) when they had a floppy
: > built into their boxes. Factor in how the external floppy port disappeared
: > from Macs in '91 as well. I have two unidisks on hand but had to build my
: > own external superdrive out of parts.

: I bought a couple of superdrive cards and had 2 superdrives hooked up to
: each within 2 days. An external superdrive is really easy to come up with.
: Went to a second hand store and bought 2 dead compact macs and bought
: 2 through the Buy & Sell. Opened up 4 external drives, replaced the 800k
: drives and thats 4 in one day. I sort of wish I'd bought a controller for my
: II+. If you can't find a used drive, new internal ones are pretty cheap
: nowadays. Local shop was selling them for less than $50US.

You're talking about converting external 800Ks into superdrives though.
Anyone can do that. That's what I was talking about when I said I built one
out of parts. But when I say external superdrive I mean original ones which 
say "FDHD" on the front and/or bottom and have an amber in use light instead 
of red like 800K externals have.
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