sicklittlemonkey wrote:
Are you talking about reading actual Apple II disks, a la FDI etc, or just reading and writing to modern HD media via an emulation of 5.25 & 3.5 GCR formats?
After posting I remembered that the Apple 3.5" disks were "special". AFAIK they use variable speed to using a PC drive to read/write Apple 3.5" disks is at least difficult. My main idea is that if an old PC type 5.25" drive is used it would be possible to:1. read/write standard 140K disks. Not very useful as Apple Disk ][ drives are plentiful, at least in this part of the world.
2. read/write 1.2MB HD disks or connect a 3.5" drive for 1.44MB disks. Convenient for data exchange with a PC.3. read/write 800K ProDOS volumes on HD media. Not compatible with Apple 3.5" media.
4. Read absolute pulse timing of a (protected) track like EDD board. Not sure if this list is attractive enough. -Alex.