Re: SuperDrive (HD floppy) controller for Apple II ?

["brad" <mrbrad(remove)@ll.net>]

"Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Blake Patterson" <blakespot@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > I grabbed one of the new-in-box SuperDrives (HD floppy) for $25 that
> > appeared on eBay (still a couple left I think).  How hard is it to find
> > the controller for this drive?  Anyone know of a source?  Thanks.
>
> In the US, finding the controller is difficult but not impossible You may
> need to wait for awhile (to spot one) and be prepared to spend $80 - $150,
> or you might get lucky and find one for less with a "buy it now" auction
on
> eBay, or from a fair-minded seller here on CSA2. Make sure you look for
(and
> get) the Apple 3.5 Controller, not the "Liron" UniDisk 3.5 card.
>
> If you're in Europe... well, I'd rather calculate the gravitational
effects
> of planetary satellites have on differential orbital variances for
> inter-solar comets.
>
>

i'm not sure...about this even thou i have one..but could you not do the
same thing with the 3.5"
A.E. floppy drive..use 1.2 disks in it.but it had software to allow
this....i seem to remember this
but i think i only played with it once....that might be the better /cheaper
solution if you just want to use the 1.2
sized disks...

(the only reason i remember this is my a.e. drive blew up and they had a
deal to convert your version
to a h.d. version for like 1/3 the price of fixing or getting a new one..so
they swapped the mechanisms i figured
what the heck..back in the day when it was worth fixing a 3.5" drive..i
wrote on the bottom of it...that it was
an improved version but never really used it....after that 1st day of
opening the repaired drive)



brad
(the memory is going)