Re: 3.5 Disk Superdrive Controller Card Apple IIe,IIgs New

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Sep 19, 5:37 pm, Polymorph <mike.a.steph...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 20, 10:15 am, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
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> > Rich Hare wrote:
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> > > I pulled a CSOB move.  Instead of adding one to my IIGS, I bought a
> > > pizza box Mac which has a drive built in.  When I need to, I can use Mac
> > > disks, PC disks or ProDos disks in the Mac, and then transfer files to
> > > the IIGS via Appletalk.  A little slower and more cumbersome, but
> > > definitely cheaper.
>
> > Here, here. That's the same thing that I do. I find that a desktop Power Mac
> > G3 (the one with built-in serial ports) fits the bill quite nicely and
> > frequently serves as an AppleShare server for the IIgs.
>
> > If I were to get a 3.5" disk system, it would definitely be for the IIe. I'm
> > fine with 800k disks on the IIgs. I managed to squeeze System 6 and
> > Marinetti onto one!
>
> > --
> > Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and Macintosh
> > computing.http://macgui.com/vault/
>
> Alternatively, if you have a CFFA/Microdrive/Focus, you can get an IDE-
> to-CompactFlash converter off eBay (really cheap) and mount the CF
> card externally. By having external access to the CF card, you can
> easily remove the CF card from the Apple II and use Ciderpress and a
> card reader in a PC. Doing this you can copy files directly onto the
> CF card which eliminates the need for floppy disks or an Appletalk
> connection. This is *much* faster than any other solution I am aware
> of. You can easily copy entire hard disk images, or individual files
> onto the CF card with a few simple clicks and then stick the CF card
> back into the Apple and away you go.
>
> That's how I do things anyhow.  :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Mike

Except that you have to power down the Apple II to remove the CF card
to read it in the PC, right?  (Well, that's what I do.) And then
reboot.

With a SuperDrive, there's no rebooting necessary. Yeah, for a zillion
files the CF is the way to go, but for one file, the SuperDrive is
handy.

-Warr