Re: Apple ][ Plus and Floppy Drive

["Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@ibm.net>]

My reply is assuming that your drive is a "Disk ][" type.

The original Apple "Disk ][" drives have no internal addressing of any
kind. Whether a drive is "Disk 1" or "Disk 2" is entirely a function of
which connector it is plugged into on the interface card.

In other words, it will work just fine as your only floppy drive.

You must have a "Disk ][ Interface Card". It's an itty-bitty card with just
8 chips on it.

Be careful when plugging the drive into the interface. If it is mis-plugged
by one pin, a chip in the drive will be blown.

TomZ

Charles Richmond <richmond@plano.net> wrote in article
<33A4B678.1E3E@plano.net>...
> I got an Apple ][ Plus and a green-screen monitor from a surplus
> computer dealer. The Apple works fortunately--I would have a
> hard time fixing it.
> 
> I recently bought a 5 1/4" disk drive for the Apple ][. It is
> marked "DISK 2". It is the only disk that I have. Will I still
> be able to interface it without "DISK 1"? Also, what type of
> controller board do I need to look for? Is the WOZ machine
> packaged on a card for the Apple ][ Plus? (Seems I remember that
> the Apple ][ e had the WOZ machine on the main board.)