Re: Which 3.5" Drive?

[goo@cwis.unomaha.edu (Kent Radek)]

dgaxiola@mit.edu (David Gaxiola) writes:

>I've been trying to hook up a 3.5" drive to my Apple IIgs.  It's an
>older Apple 800k beige external.  I've tried setting the startup
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>slot to various values including the smart port, disk port and 
>the scan option.  None of these work.  At best the drive whirls
>for a moment and I get the "Check Startup Device" screen with a
>sliding apple character.  Do I need a newer drive?  A platinum
>colored one perhaps?  If so, is there any particular version that
>I should get?

This sounds like an old Macintosh drive, in which case, it won't work on any
Apple II, unless you have one of the Central Point "Universal Disk Controller"
cards.  The platinum-colored drives are Apple 3.5 Drives, which work best on
the Apple IIgs.

goo