Re: SuperDrives...

[david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)]

Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com> writes:
>>>>>> "DP" == David Phillips <David_Phillips@nexus.amaq.org.au> writes:
> DP> Sorry this wont work if it did their would be a lot of IIGS's
> DP> with super drives..it has something to do with the internal ROM i
> DP> believe.. I have 2 Super drives but they are connected to a super
> DP> drive card which is in the IIGS slot

> DP> on the Early Macs to do this involves a ROM? change if you put a
> DP> 1.44 in the bay it will read like a 800k

>I also thought you needed a SIWM (Super Intergrated Woz Machine).

>If the IWM in the gs could physically talk to the drives, then a
>software only solution would work (or a ROM solution to boot).
>However, I think the GS only has a IWM, like the IIc+ and SE.

I have found an interesting device designed to read/write MFM disks on 800KB
drives on Mac512e/Plus/SE. I am going to see if it will work on a //gs.

It is the Kennect Rapport. It plugs into the Disk port and allows an Apple 3.5
to use the following formats:

	800KB 720KB 1200KB

It also allows the Kennect Drive 2.4 to be plugged into it with the following
formats on HD disks:

	1440KB 2400KB

The Rapport manual has a few cryptic lines mentioning the //gs in the
specifications so as yet I am not sure about plugging it into the //gs.

I picked it up for A$20 (it originally retailed for US$295).

The Rapport has 32KB ROM, 16KB RAM (or it might be the other way round)
and a 4MHz 65c02 and custom logic.

Kennect appears to no longer exist so if anyone has any further info on this
device I would appreciate it.
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David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia  david@uow.edu.au