Re: AEHD drive

[Pim Blokland <nipp@nipp.nl>]

In article <387E0C45.124D8B0C@lexis-nexis.com>, John Townsend 
<utownje@lexis-nexis.com> wrote:

> > So I've written them a note asking about all this. If I receive a reply
> > (sorry, I meant "When") I'll fill you in.

Hm, seems I was a little pessimistic about that; I've already got a 
reply!

> the only problem with the BlueDisk is that since it is an MFM-only 
> interface
> (Apple's SuperDrive controller does both MFM and GCR), it can't read the
> usual Apple II 800K GCR disks.

Yes; not only that, but it also can't be used with an AEHD. Or with a 
standard Apple drive.
You can read and write 800K disks, but only in the MFM format, not in 
the GCR format.
So it's not for me. I wouldn't have any use for it, and besides, if I 
were to put it in slot 5, I would also loose the SmartPort. So I 
couldn't even hook up my standard drives any more.
On the other hand, it's a ROM 3. Could it be that it could use both a 
disk controller in slot 5 and the SmartPort at the same time? Well, 
never mind.
-- 
Groetjes, Pim

Pouf it went