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Using Apple3.5 drive with UniDrive3.5



Having bought a UniDisk 3.5 drive 'bout a month back (oh the
joys of 800K;/) I'm not satisfied with just one. But seeing
My IIc originally cost me $200, and the UniDisk cost me $250,
I'm not about to fork out another $250 or more.
Now the UniDisk 3.5 Interface card (inside the drive case)
actually has space for sockets for a second drive. The
actual drive mechanism is more or less identical to the
Apple3.5 drive (and can be replaced with one-- it works).
I'm thinking that I might add the necessary sockets and
cabling to the UniDisk 3.5 Interface card. As I said before,
this card is inside the UniDisk, and goes between the IIc
cable, and the drive mechanism.
So What I'm wanting to do is buy a cheap 800K Mac/Gs 3.5 drive,
take the mechanism from that (the drive itself--no cable or
interface) and basically plug it into the space space on the
UniDisk Interface for a second drive. Then bung them both in
to an apropriate casing.

Anyone see any possible problems with this? (anyone already done
it?)

If that works, I might lift the 65C02 off the Interface board,
and by mounting it on a 'through pin' daughter-board, add some
SCSI circuitry (and power supply) for adding a SCSI interface
to it. This would also involve writing the in-drive driver for
it. Anyone got any thoughts on this? Also, anyone got any notes
on the memory map of the UniDisk's 65c02 or other useful info?

Cheers (insert mandatory Apple 2 4 eva)
-Andrew (agk@bbs.ausom.oz.au)