Re: Using 3.5" IDE drive with AIIe

[phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>]

> If I would plan to do this, I would definitely use one off the shelf.
> I have neither the know-how or motivation to create one of my own.
> And I would use 3.5" IDE drives since they are readily available to me
> and I can obtain them for free (my friend has about 20 in small sizes
> pulled from old 386 or earlier machines).
> 
> Would partitioning information come with the documentation on the
> controller card?

Most likely, but it would depend on the vendor. A better idea to all
of this is the hard card from Altech. It uses the smaller 'laptop'
sized drives but will cost less than buying the ide adapter. At least
all of those I have priced have been pretty expensive, and the Altech
drive was selling for under $100.

Sorry, after searching through my links I can't seem to find the
Altech site. You might try Rubywand's FAQ for more info.

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Thank you for your time and interest. I hope it was helpful
or at least interesting.

Phoenyx,

Apple2 user since March 1984

Links to Phoenyx's pages:
preferred..... http://zip.to/Phoenyx_A2
alternate..... http://www.tinyangeldesigns.com/Apple2