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Re: I demand an answer!

Subject: Re: I demand an answer!
From: Eric Smith <eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com>
Date: 15 Apr 2004 14:02:07 -0700
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puritan_2076@yahoo.com (Leon Howell) writes:
> *W*H*Y* won't the Hard Disk 20 work with the Apple II?

I wrote:
Because the electrical interface and the command protocol are
incompatible.

puritan_2076@yahoo.com (Leon Howell) writes:
> The interface is the same as the Apple ][ as far as the floppies are
> concerned,

No.  It's electrically similar to the interface that the 400K drive
uses.  Similar enough that a Mac can talk to both.  Not similar enough
that an Apple II can.  The Apple II and Mac disk controllers are very
similar, but not identical.

References:
- I demand an answer!
  - From: puritan_2076@yahoo.com (Leon Howell)
- Re: I demand an answer!
  - From: Eric Smith <eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com>
- Re: I demand an answer!
  - From: puritan_2076@yahoo.com (Leon Howell)

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