Re: Smartport driver for superdrive?

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <55dk88$m8@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>, Jeremy Hack <jhack@unixg.ubc.ca> wrote:

>Actually, they _are_ the Apple II 3.5 Disk Controller Cards (aka 
>SuperDrive Cards, made by Apple).  I just bought one (for $79), and was 
>very impressed by Shreve Systems in all respects. The card came with the 
>original shrink-wrapped manual and the installer disk.  Now, I just need 
>to find a SuperDrive...

Geeminy, I thought I ruled when I turned up a bare superdrive mech and card
for $200 a year and a half or so ago. Those cards are cool.

>BTW, I've noticed disk operation to be faster with the 800k drive plugged 
>into the card instead of the GS' SmartPort.  Two things immediately 
>jumped out: 
>	-  When inserting a "Preformatted (IBM)" blank disk, the delay 
>	   before the Initialize/Eject dialog pops up is _much_ less. 
>	-  Also, when formatting a disk and moving the mouse around, the 
>	   cursor is not jerky like it was without the card.  

I would hope it works faster since it has its own 65C02 and 14 MHz oscillator
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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