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Re: How many floppies can I use with a Apple IIe
- Subject: Re: How many floppies can I use with a Apple IIe
- From: "Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:21:16 -0500
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> > This boils down to a maximum of twelve drives. I doubt you will need
> > that many.
>
> I doubt the power supply can support that many. ;) Back in the day, 8
> could be
> done, but you were advised to keep a spare supply handy.
>
> I ran a BBS on 4 drives... then later, on a //c with one external 3.5
>
> Then hard drives got cheap(er) and except for games and backups, floppies
> got
> kicked to the curb.
>
> Not sure why the original poster would want to run Unidisk 3.5 and Apple
> 3.5
> drives at the same time - redundant, and not terribly useful or
> cost-effective
> compared to a CFFA.
I wonder that Apple 3.5 drive may be damaged if it is hooked up to
Unidisk 3.5 drive, but Unidisk 3.5 drive is always the last to hook up with
Apple 3.5 drive because one or two pins of port is different.
Bryan Parkoff