Re: High Density FD's

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <33E942B0.7272@terra.cira.colostate.edu>,
Jeff Lemke  <lemke@terra.cira.colostate.edu> wrote:
>Is it possible to add a high density 3.5" floppy drive to an Apple IIgs?  
>I'm guessing it is, but being a relative newcomer to Apples, I don't know 
>what sort of drive and controller board is needed, or where to get them.  
>Does anybody know?

   Yes. You will need to acquire an "Spple II Superdrive Controller
Card", which is unfortunately quite a lot rarer than the actual drives
appear to be. That's thanks to Apple who didn't bother marketing them,
or even put their heart behind selling the few that they did make.
[Coulda been worse and squelched like the Apple II Ether*net* card the
got the nasty axe just before 6.0.1 was to be released. (And for those
who'd rather try to be pedantic before they'll admit that Macintosh,
Inc has ever once royally f****ed up, Ethertalk is simply Appletalk
over Ethernet. The card that Apple axed *WAS* an Ethernet card; the
software added in any functionality for Oddball network protocols)]

   If you can find such a controller card can use that drive on
an Apple II. If you can't, you know where to lay the blame.

Nathan Mates

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