Re: (no subject)

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <4js429$bfd@darkstar.UCSC.EDU>,
Big D at SC  <ddmacang@cats.ucsc.edu> wrote:
> Anyone out there have any idea if a modern day hard disk (240 Meg) can 
> be fitted to an Apple ][c?

Not directly.  The IIc does not have a SCSI interface (or IDE, or
anything similar).  Your best option is a IIc-specific SmartPort hard
drive, which is availble from Sequential Systems.  These are actually
SCSI drives with a special controller in the case which converts
between the SmartPort and SCSI protocols.

These drives are quite expensive, and the interface is slow (about the
same speed as a UniDisk 3.5).  I have heard that you can replace the
SCSI drive with a larger one.

You might have trouble with a drive as large as 240 MB, because this
would require 8 partitions (at 30MB each on average), and the SmartPort
controller in the drive might be limited to a smaller number.



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