Re: IIc Questions

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article jkaplan@macsrule.com (Jacob M. Kaplan) writes...

>I've read the FAQ but I'm confused.
> 
>The FAQ says that the IIc+ has an internal 3.5" drive as opposed to the
>5.25" drive of the IIc.
> 
>Does this mean that the IIc also has a build in disk drive, but it's 5.25"
>instead of 3.5"?

    Yep. The Apple IIc was the only Apple II computer that was
manufactured and shipped with a floppy drive built-in the case.

    Apple included a 5.25" drive in the original IIc (which was
on the market about 4 years) and when the IIc Plus came out, it
instead came with a 3.5" internal drive. A lot of people looked
down on Apple's decision to replace the 5.25 with a 3.5 drive,
considering the vast majority of Apple II software titles were
distributed on 5.25" floppy disks, and that still remains true
up until this very day.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca