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Re: 3.5" drive/interface card question.
- Subject: Re: 3.5" drive/interface card question.
- From: "Craig Bower" <to.email.me@post.a.request.message>
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:36:40 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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- Reply-to: "Craig Bower" <to.email.me@post.a.request.message>
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Hi,
Just wanted to add, the reason you're current setup won't work...
The 3.5" Drive is a "dumb" drive lacking the CPU (yes, a CPU) to
de-nibble-ize the data coming from the disk. The 3.5" Unidisk has
the on-board CPU to make it happen and work on a II.
In case you were wondering.
later,
Craig