Re: Using 3.5" IDE drive with AIIe

[theusch@centurytel.net (Theusch Family)]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 13:06:05 -0600, phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>
wrote:

>> 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.

I found the altech website- the IDE controller card is $60.  Nice!!

larva_jt1@yahoo.com

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>Thank you for your time and interest. I hope it was helpful
>or at least interesting.
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>Phoenyx,
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>Apple2 user since March 1984
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>Links to Phoenyx's pages:
>preferred..... http://zip.to/Phoenyx_A2
>alternate..... http://www.tinyangeldesigns.com/Apple2
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