Re: Q:Can you connect a 3.5" disk to a ][e

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

In article crose@primary.net (Christopher Rose) writes...

>On 26 Dec 1997 17:09 -0500, spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)
>wrote:
>>    I only have one Apple II 3.5 Disk Controller Card, and considering
>>how incredibly rare they've become (and valuable as a "bridge" between
>>my Apple II and PC) I rather keep it than sell it for the US$100 plus
>>they can be auctioned off for. In a way, it is a piece of the "Mark
>>Twain" in my ROM 3. ;-)
>
>I have one of theese cards. Are they really that rare? 

    Yes, definitely. Apple only sold the card from late 1991 to 
1993, and in that 2 year span very few were sold because of the 
high cost of the card and the required FDHD drive (cost: US$500 
for the two). There was not even software available early on to
read/write MS-DOS floppy disks, making it very unattractive. 
There are very few in circulation.

>Where can I get a drive for this thing?

    Search comp.sys.mac.wanted, misc.forsale.computers.mac-specific.
misc or similiar. Finding an external SuperDrive may be difficult,
so the next best thing is searching for a bare internal mechanism
and then transplanting that into an old 800K case (you just need 
to unscrew the old mechanism and reconnect a few wires). 

    Another option is finding a 3rd party clone drive. AMR and AE
are some examples, you may even be able to find one on comp.sys.
apple2.marketplace.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca