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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: Rusty <rdekema@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:19:13 -0000
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On Oct 8, 6:54 pm, Linards Ticmanis <ticma...@gmx.de> wrote:
> The same is not true for 3.5" drives, of which three variants exist:
> Unidisk 3.5" (smart 800k drive), Apple 3.5" (dumb 800k drive, for IIgs),
> and Superdrive 3.5" (dumb 1.44MB drive). The Unidisk needs a Unidisk
> card (aka "Liron Card"), and the Superdrive needs a Superdrive card. In
> addition, AFAIK at least two third-party controllers exist.
Other than needing a different controller, what are the differences
between the "smart" 800k drive and the "dumb" 800k drive. Is it that
the "smart" drive had more of the control electronics onboard so as to
need a less-sophisticated controller, or was it something else
entirely?
Rusty D