Re: annc: GS/OS AppleDisk5.25 Project

["Charlie" <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net>]

"Steven Hirsch" <snhirsch@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Charlie wrote:
>
>> I'm not familiar with the Copy II Plus board but another interesting card 
>> is the PC Transporter.  It can read/write an Apple II 3.5" drive in 
>> either GCR with the variable speed (800K) or PC MFM with single speed 
>> (720K).  In this case though, I don't believe the speed is done in 
>> software.  If I remember correctly the PC Transporter somehow keeps the 
>> speed from varying in the drive.
>
>
> The PCT uses a real Apple drive to do 800K 3.5" diskettes AFAIK.

Yes, you are correct.  I shouldn't have brought up the PC Transporter.  I 
was just referring to it as a curiosity because I believe it manages to do 
multi-speed and single speed (hardware rotational speed not software 
read/write speed) on an Apple drive.

Sorry for the confusion,

Charlie