Re: 3.5 controller in the //c+

["julian814" <julian814@hotmail.com>]

brad (remove) wrote:
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> >
> > Lockar wrote:
> > > Yeah, you can hook up a Apple 3.5 drive to the Apple //c+.  The one
> > > of the neat things about the //c+ is (or at least mine does this) if
> > > you don't have a disk in the interal 3.5 drive but in the external 3.5
> > > drive.  It will boot the disk (that's Slot 5 Drive 2).  However will
> > > not scan Slot 6 Drive 2 though. :/
> >
> > I already knew that the //c+ boots off of external drives first. Found
> > this out when I hooked up my 20 meg hard drive to it, which was really
> > nice.
> >
> >
> > Ralph Glatt
> >
>
>
> what //c hard drive are you using...the f/x 20 i think it was called or the
> chinook?
>
> i assume it runs off the floppy port (or does the //c+ have a scsi port i
> forget)
>
> if you DO have the chinook version that runs off the disk port...there were
> a few of these drives you should talk  to some of the more devious hacker
> hardware types around this newsgroup and see if a floppy drive based chinook
> or whatever could be pop'd together and use whatever setup software came
> with it.
>
> of course with the other news on the newsgroup of the SVG Drive the
> semi-virtual drive...it is prob somewhat un-needed..
>
> just curious...dang if i can remember if the //c + had a scsi port..i don't
> think so...but ...i always migrated to slots in my apple purchases

Hey, Brad.

It says Sequential Systems on the front, but otherwise sounds just like
the Chinook. Yes, it plugs into the floppy port. It also works on a
//c, so I imagine it has something similar to Unidisk in it. I've been
talking to a few people who lurk here, and yes, there *is* work being
done on duplicating the drive. One guy has managed to get a drive of
his own, and is reverse engineering it.

The CFFA drive for the //c and //c+ sounds like a great idea! Increased
storage that takes up less space.

Ralph Glatt