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Re: Question:The internal 3 1/2 drive on the //c+

Sean Fahey wrote:

Michael J. Mahon wrote:


Lockar wrote:


     I think I've asked this before.  What is different with either the
disk coltroler or physical 3 1/2 drive on a Apple //c+ that would not
let you to do bit copy. I remember when I got the //c+ (my second comouter when I was 
young) that you can't use the bit copy of CopyIIplus unless you used an
external drive.       Why is this?




Because the Unidisk 3.5 has an onboard processor that actually controls
the drive.  It only passes data to/from the "Liron" controller.



This applies to the //c Plus?


Whoops!  No, it applies to the //c--I should have read more closely!

Perhaps the issue is the way that the SWIM chip is controlled...

-michael

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