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

[Polymorph <mike.a.stephens@gmail.com>]

On Sep 20, 11:47 am, Warren Ernst <wer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 19, 5:37 pm, Polymorph <mike.a.steph...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> > > 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.
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> > > 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!
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> > > --
> > > Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and Macintosh
> > > computing.http://macgui.com/vault/
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> > 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.
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> > That's how I do things anyhow.  :-)
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> > Cheers,
> > Mike
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> 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.

Yes, this is true - you do need to power down the Apple II, so perhaps
for single file transfers, the Superdrive might have the edge.
However, considering my accelerated IIgs boots in under 30 seconds, by
the time you've written the file(s) to a floppy and read it/them from
the floppy, I reckon it would still be reasonably close. If someone
were to "give" me a Superdrive controller, I'd be more than happy to
do some tests.  ;-)

Cheers,
Mike