Re: How to use 3.5" PC drives as Apple ][ 5.25" drives?

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marcovecchio@visualbyte.com.br wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I can't find any more 5.25" disks for sell, so I can't backup my Apple ][
>disks anymore. So, I would like to know if anybody knows a way to adapt a
>regular 1.44Mb 3.5" PC drive on a Apple ][ to work exactly like a Apple ][
>5.25" drive.

Yes -- you need a BlueDisk controller.  That's all it takes to run a PC
1.44MB 3.5" floppy drive on an A2.  You will have to order from Germany.
The company is ///SHH Systeme...I don't have their URL handy, but I
can get that for you...

>I don't mind to record only 140K on each 1.44 disk, all I want is to keep my
>software collection alive and running on my Apple, not on an emulator.

PC drives will store 1.44MB, even on an A2 with BlueDisk.

>And
>it's important that the drive works in DOS, ProDOS and with all protected
>games. Please help!

ProDOS works, no problem...Copy II+ can remove the copy protection in
the majority of the old games...

DOS 3.3...you can run them off a 1.44MB PC floppy with BlueDisk using
the DOS 3.3 Launcher program (essentially divides up your 1.44MB disk
into 140k disk images...works on a hard drive too...)!