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Re: 3.5" Controller Cards

Subject: Re: 3.5" Controller Cards
From: shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)
Date: 27 Mar 1995 16:16:54 -0600
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: SouthWind Internet Access, Inc.
References: <icon-2703951352420001@blv-pm0-ip26.halcyon.com>

Carl A Jones (icon@halcyon.com) wrote:
: How does one tell the difference between a  Apple Liron controller card
: that supports 800k 3.5" drives and the Apple 3.5 controller card that
: supports 1.44M drives??  I have a card from Apple that states it is a
: "Apple 3.5 Floppy Disk Drive Interface Card ï¿½1985".  Does anyone know if
: this card will support 1.44M drives.  Thanks in advance......

Well considering that Macs were still sporting 400K drives in '85, it's a safe
bet that the card isn't the superdrive one. It's the unidisk card. Mine says
liron on the back side. The superdrive card says 1991 on it and has a chip
labeled SWIM. Those are the two things to look for.
--
Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
shack@southwind.net                               when internet wasn't cool

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