Re: Help - IIGS 5.25" floppy ??

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Jon Chau (jchau@skynet.litc.lockheed.com) wrote:
: Hi Apple IIGS users,
:   I need some advice on purchasing a 5.25" floppy for my aunt's system.  
: She already has a 3.5" drive, but was given a lot of educational software
: on 5.25" disks.  I know her system is (ROM 01) and that her 3.5" is has
: a 19 pin connector.  Do I need a specific 19 pin 5.25" drive from APPLE or
: can a generic 19 pin floppy work?? (I assume she would daisy chain the 
: drives together...)  

: Thanks for any help - from an unknowlegable IIGS user,

You need one of the following:

a.  Apple 5.25" disk drive with a DB-19 connector or equivalent, which you
can connect to the daisy-chain port on the back of the 3.5" drive.

b.  Apple Disk ][ or equivalent with the 20-pin IDC connector, and an
adapter cable for the GS drive port

c.  Apple Disk ][ or equivalent and a Disk ][ Controller card or equivalent.

Use a drive designed for use with Apple disks.  Other types of 5.25" drive
use incompatible recording formats, not to mention incompatible cable
connectors.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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