Re: Disk IIIs?

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

In article edhel@LOSETHECAPITALWORDSbigfoot.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.) writes...

>Is there a not-really-complicated way to make an Apple /// 5.25" disk
>drive work on a ][-series puter?  If so, what is it?

    Yes, although it will require swapping the analog board from inside 
a Disk II into the Disk III (I've not tried to see how well the analog
board fits, but I know it has been done and the reverse as well).

    The actual floppy mechanisms are identical in both drives, they use
the same Shugart 5.25 (140K, single-sided). The only difference is the
analog board _inside_ along with the cable leading off it, which is a
IDC-26 female on the Disk III rather than the IDC-20 most Apple II 
users are familar with.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca