Re: PC Transporter and Drives

["Henry Broekhuyse" <broekh@unixg.ubc.ca>]

Bart <pilgrimer@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:93affp$uti$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> I know that a 3.5 Unidisk plugged into a PC Transporter Card
> will...cook the goose so to speak, but I was wonderin.....
>
> And before I tried this I thought I would pose this to some of the more
> knowledgeable hardware folks about:
>
> Could a Mac HD20 drive be plugged in as one of the "Other Drives" after
> the Transdrive? Would it  fry the circuit like a Unidisk would, or, is
> this something never before tried?
> I know an HD20 will NOT work plugged into the standard disk port on any
> Apple II or clone I have tried it on (though I have heard whispers of
> the "Long Liron" card working for it), but I have never read of anyone
> attempting the use of one with a PCT.  Format would be of course FAT16
> (if possible).  Wishful thinking, or possible?

The HD20 was designed to be connected to a Mac 512K or later compact Mac,
that had the required external floppy port and ROM support.

There is absolutely no compatibility between the external floppy interface
on a Mac, and the floppy drive interface of a PC (including the PC
Transporter).

Therefore, don't try to connect an HD20 to the PC Transporter.