Re: Single sided drives and Mirage mice...

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <4l09rm$oq5@nyx10.cs.du.edu>,
Will Baguhn <wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu> wrote:
> In article <DpyB06.A04@news.hawaii.edu>,
> >It wants to format any double sided disks I stick in it and formatted
> >disks have a whopping ~400k! ...which is actually quite big for me
> >considering I'm using my //e with 140k 5.25 drives... =^)
> >	Looks like I'll probably be in the market for an external
> >drive for my Mac+ (in addition to a HD) and I was wondering, will
> >card of course...what card will I be looking for?  Can anyone tell
> >me any useful info about the drive, the only identification appearing
> >anywhere on it (aside from the Apple logo on the front) is "Model
> >Number: M0130" on the label underneath.
> >
> yup.  you need a smartport card.

Definitely not.  The Apple II 3.5 Disk Controller Card (a.k.a.
"SuperDrive Card") does not support the Macintosh 400K drive.  Neither
does the Apple 3.5 Floppy Disk Drive Interface Card (a.k.a. "Liron" or
the "UniDisk 3.5 Card").

The only way you can connect a Mac 400K drive to an Apple II is to use
the "Universal Disk Controller" card that was sold by Central Point
Software some time ago, but is not available any more.



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