Re: Will Apple Disk ][ wo

[DON.HANSON@rook.wa.com (don hanson)]

 -=> Quoting Mjensen2Re: Will Apple Disk ][ wotudent.uwsuper. to All <=-
 Mj> "Apple 5.25 Drive"s will work from the smartport.  "Disk II" drives
 Mj> will not.
 Mj> If, indeed, you are talking about the Disk II, you'll need a
 Mj> controller card.

Not entirely true.  I have a GS in front of me with 2 disk IIs attached
through the Smart Port (hooked to the back of an Apple 3.5).

The down side is that you have to make a special cable to do it.  One
end fits the 3.5s piggy back port (or the smartport on the GS), the
other end goes to a little board that has pinouts like on the disk][
controller card for the 20pin flat connectors on the disk][ cables. I
bought one from a member of the Washington Apple Pi.  He said it cost
him about $15 to build (4 years ago).  I think he sent me the pinout
specifics, but I don't know if I still have the docs.  Perhaps the
Washington Apple Pi (or one of their back Journals) has this in it.
-don


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