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Re: Can a GS or IIe use LS120 drives?
- Subject: Re: Can a GS or IIe use LS120 drives?
- From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)
- Date: 1998/03/28
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
- References: <1d5sqog.1y1pa9d92x3bnN@dempson.actrix.gen.nz>
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Can a GS or IIe use the new LS120 SuperDisks that store 120MB?
>
>Only if someone has made a parallel interface card that is sufficiently
>compatible with the type of PC parallel port that this drive requires
>(ECP/EPP if possible), and driver software has been written for any
>Apple II.
(Disclaimer: This is only a QUESTION not vaporhardware....)
How difficult would it be to make an SCSI to ECP/EPP parallel
converter box? The Windows/DOS PC units have ECP/EPP cable
units that convert to SCSI. Can a unit that converts in the opposite
direction be made?