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Re: 3.5 controller in the //c+



Lockar <lockar@apple2forever.DOTorg> writes:
>    What kind of controller is in the Apple //c+?  I was wondering
>because I know it's differnt then the one in the //gs.   What made it
>speical that you couldn't do bit copy with it (along with some copy
>protection on 3.5 disks).

The same IWM is used in the IIc, IIc+ and IIgs. The IIc+ has additional
hardware (a dedicated 2KB RAM chip plus logic) to allow it to use
Apple 3.5 drives even at 1MHz CPU clock speed.
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David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia