Re: 3.5" drive(s) with //e - how?

[aw133@lafn.org (James Poore)]

In a previous article, lemenst@fhsmtp.fh.trw.com (Thomas LeMense) says:

>
>Hello, all:
>
>Since I was dragged kicking and screaming away from my ][+ in 1986, I
>sort of lost track of all the nifty stuff that became available after
>this time.  I have recently acquired a pair of enhanced //e's with
>5.25" drives, and would like to use them again, etc..
>
>I see a lot of software (particuarly the Eamon stuff, yay!) is
>available on 3.5" disk -- where do I find 3.5" drives for an enhanced
>//e?  What are they called?  (e.g.; duodisk = 2 x 5.25" drives, etc.)
>Can I use some of the DD or HD floppy disks that I had once used with
>my wintel box?
>
They are called Unidisk 3.5 Drives and will need the Apple UDC card in 
order for them to work.  Typically for the Apple IIs, the card would go 
in slot 5 with the 5.25 drives remaining in slot 6.  In my case, I was 
using 3.5 disk primarily and had the controller in slot 7 and everything 
worked fine.  Only DD disks are guaranteed to work in the Unidisk drives 
although I personally have used HD disks that worked fine and kept the 
media integrity intact over the long term.

They will be expensive by PC standards and only availiable used and I 
would figure your best bet would be to look on CSA2.marketplace for the 
best prices.  Sun and Alltech usually has them, but at a higher price.

Jim

By the way...Welcome back to the II world! :)
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