Re: Apple IIc floppy port: is it compatible with Macintosh 400k drive?

[shack@pro-ict.cts.com (Randy Shackelford)]

whit@u.washington.edu (John Whitmore) writes:

>	I've recently acquired an Apple IIc (a medium early model,
>with a low serial number).  It would be nice to have something
>a bit better than a singlesided 5.25" floppy drive, and it looks
>like (1) the disk controller is an IWM chip, and (2) the disk
>connector is identical to a Macintosh external floppy.
>
>	Is it possible to use my (old, otherwise disused) Macintosh
>400k single sided floppy drive with this beast?

I strongly doubt it. Even with the disk controller present, you need firmware
to control it. The early 16K ROM //c's just don't have it.

>	And, parenthetically, what is the pinout of the mouse/joystick
>port (I'm pretty certain THAT isn't the same as any Macintosh
>mouse)?

Well the port on the //c is for a mouse and joystick. So if you plug a Mac
Plus style mouse in there it will work. You can also plug a DB9 type joystick
in it too.

>	Is there a good treatment of the IIc hardware in the
>literature (I suppose I could look up twelve-year-old magazines
>in the library, but a book would be more convenient)?

Should still be able to get Apple's //c Technical Reference put out by
Addison-Wesley 
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