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Re: IIe PDS Emulation Card Y Cable?

Subject: Re: IIe PDS Emulation Card Y Cable?
From: dog_cow@macgui.com (D Finnigan)
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:26:09 +0000 (UTC)
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Sheppy wrote:
> On Mar 3, 3:58ï¿½pm, oz390gta <oz390...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Do I need the Y cable to connect a single 5.25 Drive to the card? It
>> is a VERY long time since I have used one.
> 
> Yes; the port on the card is not a disk port, but a special port that
> combines a disk port with the inputs needed for an Apple II joystick.
> You can't just plug a drive into it; the port isn't compatible.
> 

But one probably could manufacture one's own special cable which does just
the disk.

And on a minor point, "IIe PDS Emulation Card" is a misnomer. The card does
not provide emulation of an Apple IIe; it _is_ an Apple IIe, in miniature
form.
-- 
Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and Macintosh
computing.
http://macgui.com/vault/

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