Re: Can Apple IIgs 800k drive be used on a SE30?

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>]

David Empson wrote:

> This is because the Laser 128 uses the same hardware as the Universal
> Disk Controller card.  It is more flexible in the types of drives it
> will support.
>
> A genuine Apple 3.5 Drive (with eject button) has a pin on the connector
> which is used by the host machine to identify its presence.  This signal
> doesn't exist on a Mac external 800K drive, so one of these drives is
> not detected by a standard 3.5" disk controller on the Apple II.
>
> The Laser and UDC must use a different technique to detect the drive.

Thought I'd add that the Laser brand 3.5" floppy drives are basically clones
of the Mac 800k drive with an added mechanical eject button.

    Wayne