Re: Can a Disk ][ be used on a GS smartport?

[tang@pro-newton.cts.com (Bruce Banfield)]

thunder@lamar.ColoState.EDU (James Riddle) writes:
>>
>>       Can a Disk ][ be chained to a appledisk 5.25 running on the
>>       GS smartport?
 
From: dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) Writes:
 
>Yes.  You need an adaptor cable to connect the IDC-20 connector on the
>Disk ][ to the daisy-chain connector on the back of the Apple 5.25 Drive.
 
>I believe the adaptor is available from Alltech Electronics.
 
>The pinout of the opposite version of the adapator (for connecting an
>Apple 5.25 Drive to a Disk ][ Controller card) was in one of the 1985
>issues of A2-Central (then called Open-Apple).
 
>Note that you can't connect more than two 5.25" drives to the IIgs's
>drive port (e.g. one Apple 5.25 Drive and one Disk ][).
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This is true but you can also hook up 2 Disk IIs to the back of the 3.5
drive. I know this because I made a cable that allows me to do this.
Its pretty easy, and being that Disk II's are easy to come by, and alot
cheaper than Apple 5.25 drives, I thought you all might like to know
about it.  Thats 2 Apple Disk II drives Daisy chained to the back of 2
Apple 3.5 drives, not Uni-disk (uck).  E-mail me in more Info is wanted.
 

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