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Re: 3.5 Drive with //e? (What cards?) Apple Super Serial Card II �1981 670-8020-A Apple AIIE 80 Col/64K Memory Expansion �1981 820-0067-B ___________________ #2 Apple Duo Disk Grappler+ Printer Interface, �1982 Orange Micro (parallel interface, Centronics-compatible) Apple I/O Controller 655-0101-C TAXAN 64K RGB/80 Column Card Space Subtraction �1985, Fourth in the Mastering Math Series, MECC ___________________ Apple 3.5 Drive A9M0106

On Sun, 02 Aug 1998 01:36:58 -0700, Dave & Deanna
<davendeannaHATESPAM@earthlink.net> wrote:

>I've wound up with a couple orphaned Apple //e 
...
>The working one came with an Apple Duo Disk, although I
>still don't have any 5.25 startup disk for it :-/. I also happen to
>still have an Apple 3.5 Drive
...
>So... what card do I need to be able to use it on the //e?

I believe the UDC controller card or the PC Transporter will do it.
The Unidisk 3.5 would probably be a much better 3.5" drive for the
//e, though.

...
>Both //es already have an Apple I/O Controller, though strangely, one is
>marked 655-0101-B, and the other is 655-0101-C. Is there a difference
>between the two? I'm assuming that neither of them will work with the
>3.5 drive.

Don't ask me why Apple named them that, but I'm pretty sure those "I/O
Controllers" are cards for using the DuoDisk drive.

>the Grappler+ doesn't have modem capabilities. Right?

AFAIK, it is a one-way parallel card, so even the paralel modems
wouldn't work.

>But the dead unit has a standard Apple AIIE 80 Col/64K Memory Expansion
>(820-0067-B), while the live one has a TAXAN 64K RGB/80 Column Card. I
>can't find any information on the Taxan card on the web or in the
>library's Apple ][ reference books. Is it any good, or should I swap it
>for the Apple 80 col card?

It's probably functionally identical with the added benefit of an RGB
port.

>Finally, the only working monitor I have (unless I want to run it
>through my VCR) is a monochrome Apple Monitor /// (Goodwill $4). It
>seems to work with the //e, although it looks like I've only got 40
>chars per line

The monitor should work fine, but I'd strive for color, if I were you.
The VCR is apt to show 80-column stuff pretty poorly, however.  For a
while, I had to use 2 monitors--a not-so-sharp color monitor for color
AND a monochrome monitor for sharp 80-column stuff.  If you want to
see 80 columns, hit Control-Reset and type

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