Re: UniDisk 3.5" QUESTION

[gachenb@eis.calstate.edu (Greg R. Achenbach)]

tyoung@jove.acs.unt.edu (Phillip "Ty" Young) writes:
> Probably I've written personally to some of you who will read this, but 
> for those to whom I haven't yet written....
> I'm about to pick up a UniDisk 3.5" for my //c (no, you can't know 
> where!  It's mine, all mine!   Just kidding)  and I'm wondering two things:
> (1)  can I boot from this drive ?

No problem.  Just make sure that your UniDisk is first in your drive 
chain (i.e.-plug the unidisk into your IIc, and then the external 5.25, 
if you have one, into the UniDisk.  To boot from the UniDisk, just make 
sure that you have a bootable disk in the drive (obviously), and make 
sure that the built-in drive is empty.  Your UniDisk will map to Slot 5, 
Drive 1 (or drive 2 if you get another one :)
> 
> (2)  could I foreseeably plug in, say, an Apple 3.5" drive (yes, you read 
> right) into the back of the UniDisk, or would it not recognize that drive ?

I'm sure I'm repeating myself, but the ONLY 3.5 drive that will work with 
the IIc is the UniDisk 3.5.  If you want to use an Apple 3.5 you need a 
IIc+, IIgs, or IIe with appropriate controller card.
> 
> (3) will the UniDisk accept HD when it formats to 800k, or must I use 
> just DD ?

I think you can format high-density disks as double-density, but why 
would you want to?  They are more expensive.
> 
> THanks

No problem.
> 
> TY
> 
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> Phillip T. "Ty" Young, III			 	      College of Music
> internet:  tyoung@jove.acs.unt.edu		     University of North Texas
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