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Re: Diasy Chaining Apple 5.25" Drive and Unidisk 5.25" Drive

Subject: Re: Diasy Chaining Apple 5.25" Drive and Unidisk 5.25" Drive
From: "David Wilson" <mcs6502@gmail.com>
Date: 11 Jan 2006 05:38:14 -0800
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Tempest wrote:
> Is it ok to daisy chain a Apple 5.25" Drive and a Unidisk 5.25" Drive?
> Also, other than the color, is there a difference between the two?

I seem to recall that only the newer drive works on the IIgs ROM03
motherboard. A change to the SmartPort protocol means that even 5.25"
drives need to be slightly smarter.

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