Re: 3.5" Controller Cards

[ewagne01@eds.com (Erick Wagner)]

In article <icon-2703951352420001@blv-pm0-ip26.halcyon.com>, icon@halcyon.com (Carl A Jones) says:
>
>How does one tell the difference between a  Apple Liron controller card
>that supports 800k 3.5" drives and the Apple 3.5 controller card that
>supports 1.44M drives??  I have a card from Apple that states it is a
>"Apple 3.5 Floppy Disk Drive Interface Card �1985".  Does anyone know if
>this card will support 1.44M drives.  Thanks in advance......
>

I agree with Randy's remark.  1985 is way to early for 1.44M drives on
an Apple II.  That would have been the UniDisk controller card for the
IIe.

If you _ever_ get the chance to use a SuperDrive on an Apple II, I'd
suggest that you stick to formatting ProDOS disks in the 800K format
unless the drive is _only_ for your personal use.  Formatting 3.5
disks for ProDOS at the higher density will make them incompatible
with just about everyone else's system.