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

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

"Mitchell Spector" <mitch2gs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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: "Blake  Patterson" <blakespot@gmail.com> wrote:
:
: >I just got my new in box Apple II 3.5 Disk Controller Card and
: >new-in-box 3.5" SuperDrive.  I had two 3.5" drives before (800K) and
: >had to set one aside and use the new 1.44MB floppy drive and an 800K
: >(max 2 drives on the card).  If the main drive is the 800K, will there
: >be compatibility issues w/ certain apps / games?  Would I do better to
: >put the card in slot 7 and hang only the new drive off it and leave the
: >2 3.5" drives on the SmartPort for better compat?
:
:     Compatibility issues do come into play with some pieces of software,
: especially hard-coded games and European demos. Copy-protected
: disks may run into issues as well. So yes, it makes sense to leave your
: Apple 3.5 drives (800K) connected to the built-in disk port and the
: SuperDrive (1.44 MB) by itself to the controller card.
:
:     On my setups, I've installed the Apple II 3.5 Disk Controller Card in
: slot 6 (which is set to 'Your Card') and left both my Apple 3.5 and 5.25
: connected to the built-in disk port. The only catch is when I wish to
: use the 5.25 drive (which is rare) I go into the Control Panel and
: switch to "Smart port" and do a warm-boot.
:
:     Incidentally, once everything is setup, I'd suggest you install the
: MSDOS.FST and then download Peter Watson's "MUG!" utility.
: This will give you full read/write access to PC floppy diskettes;
: just remember to format diskettes _with_ a volume label or the
: MSDOS.FST will ignore them.

Also, I believe the limit on Labels is 8 Alpha-numeric characters
beginning with a letter.  :o)

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