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Re: AEHD drive

Subject: Re: AEHD drive
From: Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>
Date: 2000/01/12
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com
References: <nipp-824B01.09125212012000@news.planet.nl>

Unfortunately the only way to do that is to connect it to a SuperDrive
controller. It's a pity in a way that Apple didn't adapt this format and

went for the more PC compatible 1,44mb. If they had a lot more
Apple IIs would likely sport HD drives.

Pim Blokland wrote:

> I have a AE HD drive connected to my GS, but it turns out this drive
> cannot read 1.44MB disks. If a HD diskette is inserted, it wants to
> initialize it as 1.6MB.
> Now I remember reading something about the AEHD, but I can't find
> anything about it, apart from the fact that it exists.
> So my question is: How do you make this drive work with the world
> standard 1.44MB format?

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  - From: god23@heaven.org (Bart)

References:
- AEHD drive
  - From: Pim Blokland <nipp@nipp.nl>

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