Re: How many floppies can I use with a Apple IIe

["Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com>]

>I am interested in purchasing an Apple IIe and am wondering how many
> floppies I can attach to one.  Many I see on eBay have a Disk II
> Drive.  I see many also have the Apple 5.25'' drive or the Unidisk
> 3.5".  I just purchased a Macintosh Plus and a Apple 3.5"
> External-A9M0106 drive.  I know if I get a Superdrive controller it
> will work with the Apple 3.5" External
> My question:
> I'm kind of new to the Apple II but is it possible to use all 3 of
> these drives?  Do I have to do anything to set up the system if I put
> a Superdrive controller in it?

    You can have two 5.25" drives of Disk II Drive and two 3.5" drives of 
Unidisk or AppleDrive drive on Apple //e.  SuperDrive controller card is 
hard to find.  I would recommend to use CFFA controller card and compact 
flash.  You can transfer files between Windows and Apple II using Ciderpress 
software.  If you don't have CFFA controller card, it is only the option to 
use ADTPro to transfer files via serial port.  BlueDisk controller card is 
an alternative to SuperDrive controller card so you have to use PC 3.5" 
floppy drive (not AppleDrive drive) to hook up on the BlueDisk controller 
card.  Then you can use 1.44MB disk to transfer files between Windows and 
Apple II.

Bryan Parkoff