Re: IIe emulation card ?'s.

[gospodin@clubi.ie (Vincent Quinn)]

In article <379D6903.FD2314D7@swbell.net>,
Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

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>
>     Was wondering about one statment:
>
>> you can also use an external superdrive if you have it. The DuoDisk is not
>> supported though. Oh, and neither is the original Disk II (if you used one
>> of those converters to adapt it to the newer smartport type plug)...
> ....
>
>     You seem to be saying that the Disk ][ is not compatible, even with an
>adaptor. With a properly wired adaptor, the Disk ][ is compatible with the IIgs
>smartport. There does not appear to be any way for any Apple II or compatible
>disk port to discriminate a Disk ][ (connected with an adaptor plug/cable) from
>a Platinum 5.25 drive.

The converted disk ][ definitely _doesn't_ work: the port on the card
_isn't_ equivalent to a GS smartport. I believe that the card (or the Mac)
doesn't supply one of the necessary voltages (-12V?) that the Disk ][
needs. Also, the manual says only the platinum 5.25 and the UniDisk 3.5
will work as external drives, although I've tried connecting a beige 5.25
and a //c external 5.25 and both work fine. Never tried an Apple platinum
3.5 nor an external superdrive and there's little need to, because the card
uses the Mac's internal superdrive as slot 5 drive 1.

Now a quibble: surely it's wrong to describe this card as an 'emulator'? It
puts an (almost) real IIe inside your LC-PDS series Mac. That isn't
'emulation'?

Vincent Q