Re: 3.5" inch floppy drives on a //e?

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

In article <22DEC199414532673@vax2.concordia.ca>,
Mitchell Spector <spector@vax2.concordia.ca> wrote:
>
> 	The Apple II 3.5 controller is more recent, and it allows you
> connect a wide range of floppy drives. It can connect the (smart)
> UniDisk 3.5 800k drive, the (dumb) Apple 3.5 800k drive used on the IIgs
> and older Macs as well as the Apple SuperDrive 3.5 1.44mb drive. I believe
> the controller will also work with Apple 5.25 drives.

No, it doesn't support 5.25" drives at all.  You are right with all the
3.5" drive versions though.  Note: it doesn't support old 400k
Macintosh drives.  It will probably work with the Mac Plus 800k drive
(the one without the eject button) but I don't know for sure.

> The Apple II 3.5 controller uses a SWIM chip, simular to the IIgs's
> IWM chip, and works in both the Apple //e and IIgs.

I'm pretty sure that it requries an enhanced IIe.

> 	One other option is the Universal Disk Controller (UDC) by
> Laser. It works with Laser's own 3.5 drives, and quite possibly the
> UniDisk 3.5.

I've had conflicting reports on this, but the more reliable sources
say it doesn't work with the UniDisk 3.5.  I've never seen a working
one, so I haven't been able to try it myself.
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David Empson
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