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Re: Apple IIe or //e for sale



Warren Ernst wrote:
On Apr 7, 9:16 am, "sfahey" <sfa...@a2central.com.remove-sek-this>
wrote:

 To: Polymorph
On 4/7/08 1:46 AM, in article
5dc6e4d2-5ca2-4e75-852a-f03fdbf53...@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com,

"Polymorph" <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:

It also has a Super Serial Card (common), a 5.25" drive controller
(common), and a 3.5" drive controller (pretty rare).

Isn't that just a UDC card?
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It looks like a UDC card, second generation, to me.

I know that if you bought an AE drive and its controller directly from
AE, they sent you a UDC card just like that.

I seem to recall owning such a combination many moons ago, and it was
always a little flaky, as was the supposed support for non-standard
3.5" drives from Apple Macintoshes. I wound up selling the UDC and
keeping the AE drive, which i still have and is still a little flaky
so it sits in a box.

That said, last year I got from ebay a UDC with 2 genuine Laser 3.5"
drives, and I am pleased to report that this combination works
wonderfully, so I'm starting to wonder if I just had some bad hardware
all those years ago...

It's certainly possible.  The cheapest (and I mean that in the
worst way) drives ever made were 3.5" PC drives.

-michael

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