Re: Question identifiing a 3.5" drive

["macdog" <bigdog128@gmail.com>]

On Mar 21, 2:42 pm, "Warren Ernst" <wer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Guys,
>
> I have this exact drive and controller card.
>
> This is indeed a Laser-128 3.5" drive and what looks like the first-
> generation Laser UDC (Universal Drive Controller) card. It will allow
> an Apple IIe (and GS, if you use the card) to use the Drive to boot
> and store 800k of information. Though it looks like a PC drive, it
> definately isn't, and can even auto-eject disks itself.
>
> This card should let you use an old, eject-button-less Apple Macintosh
> 800k drive on your //e as well, and should in theory let you use a
> GS's Apple 3.5" drive on a //e, though I never got that to work. It
> can also use 5.25" drives, but since Disk ][ controllers are a dime a
> dozen, I don't know anyone who uses it for that.
>
> The UDC will definately NOT allow you to use a Superdrive at its full
> 1.44MB capacity. And I'm almost positive the Laser drive will NOT work
> with anything other than the UDC controller as well.
>
> This combination is a pretty good substitution for a Liron card and a
> Unidisk 3.5 drive for an Apple //e, but that's really about it.
>
> I have both a //e and a GS, along with a Superdrive controller (and a
> bunch of superdrives), a Liron controller with 2 Unidisk 3.5 drives,
> and the UDC with two Laser drives. The latter remains in storage as a
> backup - that's how I've ranked its value compared to the other
> controllers.
>
> -Warr

Thanks, Warr...

I installed a UDC controller card and the 3.5" drive in question.  I
also added an Apple 3.5" A9M0106 drive.  I installed these in slot one
of my //E.  I have a Disk ][ and an Amdek I floppy drive in slot six.
Sweet!  Thanks for all the help!

Macdog.