Re: Apple IIgs... (UniDisk 3.5)

[Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.za>]

On Sat, 02 Jun 2001 01:18:21 GMT, william strutts wrote:

> Rob,
>
>> Another strange thing that happens is when the UniDisk spins, the drive
>> light on the adjacent 5.25 drive dimly flickers.

This is normal it is the OS polling the drives.

>
> My 5.25 light does too.  When in GS/OS, the drive light always flickers on
> the
> Unidisk 3.5.  Another thing, is when I try to copy from a 3.5 to the Ram5
> drive
> it always checks the 5.25 drive first.
>
>> Oh, while we're on the subject, why is the UniDisk 3.5 recognized as a
>> slot 2, drive 1 device instead of 5,2 on the IIgs? When I use CopyIIPlus
>> this is how it is recognized. (A RAM disk is recognized as 5,2. This
>> made for a little misunderstanding the first time I tried to copy a 3.5
>> disk on the IIgs.)
>
> Copy II 7.4 sees my drive as slot 5, disk 1 and the Ram5 as Slot 5, drive
> 2.
>
>> I would switch the UniDisk for another standard 3.5 drive, but I only
>> have one right now.
>
> Same here.  I understand that the Appledisk 3.5 is faster since the IIgs
> controller directly controls the drive instead of the built in controller
> on the drive.
>
>> -Rob McAllister
>>--

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