Re: Zip Drives

[Eric Dietrich <madscientist@treebranch.com >]

In article <318040F7.3C06@muohio.edu> User, User@muohio.edu writes:

>1.  I have a question regarding Zip Drive use w/Apple IIs:
>Is there any way I can connect my Zip drive (currently in use on my PC, 
>but, as you know, eminently portable) to my Apple IIc+?  How would I get 
>it to recognize the drive?


A.  If your using the ZIP drive on a PC, and its the parallel port
version, 
then as far as I know, you can't connect it to any Apple II.

B.  You can't connect even the SCSI version to either a IIc or a IIc+. 
There
is no SCSI port on thses machines, and no slots for adding a card.

>2.  How can I download II software on my PC and use it on my IIc+ (I
have 
>a 386 laptop w/internal 1.44meg floppy...)?

You can use your PC's modem to download Apple II Software to your hard
disk, 
and then send it to the IIc+ over a serial cable with a null modem cable.
 
The disk drives are incompatible.

>3.  I would like to use some of my old 5.25" software (my family also
has 
>an old IIe and a IIgs, so we have quite a bit of software...).  What is 
>the most cost-effective drive for mt IIc+?  Can I port over the drive 
>from my IIgs?

Chances are that unless you have a newer disk drive on the IIe, you would
need an adapter.  Drives that have black fronts and say "DISK ][" need
a 20 to 19 pin adapter. (alltech sells them) As far as I know, all newer 
19 pin drives can connect to the disk port on the IIc+.

Your best bet is with the IIgs's drives.  I don't know anyone who uses
the DISK ][ with the IIgs (but it is possible).  If the IIgs's drives
are beige or grey and say "Apple 5.25 Drive" or "UniDisk" on the bottom,
they should work.

Remember that 3.5" drives get attached first, and that 5.25" drives are
connected to 3.5" drives. 

I can't be 100% sure o this information, as I haven't used a IIc+.
Anyone else, please correct me if I am wrong.

-Eric