Re: Apple II 3.5 Disk Controller Card (SuperDrive) compatibility...?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Blake Patterson" <blakespot@gmail.com> wrote in message
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: My old config (before getting the SuperDrive card) was;
:
: Slot 1:  Focus HD
: SmartPort:  2x 800K floppy, 5.25" floppy
:
: Current config is:
:
: Slot 1:  Focus HD
: Slot 5:  dr 1: 800K floppy, dr 2: 1.44MB SuperDrive
: SmartPort:  5.25" floppy
:
: ...I read that some games, etc. have compat issues w/ the SuperDrive
: card.  To counter this, I wondered if I'd do better with this:
:
: Slot 1:  Focus HD
: SmartPort:  2x 800K floppy, 5.25" floppy
: Slot 7:  1.44MB SuperDrive
: ( or possibly putting SD card in slot 5 and toggling between it and the
: SmartPort )
:
: Brings worries about the power supply tho.  How much can it drive?
: I've got one of the shiny supplies, not the one that looks like
: aluminum balsa wood.  Aside from these 4 floppy drives, I've got:
:
: Focus HD card
: ZipGS
: SoundMeister card
: SD controller
: Sirius RAM board w/ 4MB
:
: ...can the GS' supply drive all that (if I go 3x 3.5" drive + 1x 5.25"
: all at once).  Tnx.
:
: Thoughts about my proposed configs?

The ZipGS will draw power nearly continuously being that it is running
all the time. The drives ( 800K ), only draw excessively while reading
and writing because the stepper and spinning motors are running. The
Focus HD draws mostly when it spins up, so, I think you should be fine
with the SD drive separate from the 800K drives on the Smartport, except
what if you want to read a file from 1.4 MB disk and write to an 800K??

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