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Re: Apple III?
- Subject: Re: Apple III?
- From: quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)
- Date: 1999/12/23
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
- References: <83tsr4$t98$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
>> You'll want Disk ]|[ drives, not Disk ]['s. They have the same
>> mechanism, but the ports and electronics are different.
>
>actually, the electronics are identical. The II and III disks used the
>same analog card. Only the cable connectors were different. (I used to
>be an apple service technician about 15 years ago...)
>actually, since they use a db19 connector, if I recall correctly, >a beige iie
unidisk might work....
I was an Apple tech starting 18 years ago, and the Apple /// external drive
had a unique L-shaped analog board. How do you think they got them to
daisy-chain? The internal drive on the Apple /// was the same as a Disk ][,
except for the faceplate / latch part. And the external floppy connector on an
Apple /// motherboard was a IDS26 connector, the Apple /// plus had the DB19
connector.
Raymond