Re: Micro sci controller

["Ernest" <leucoplast@seanet.NOSPAMS.com>]

"Mirko" <mirko@yack.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I bought some apple ii cards on ebay, one of those is a Micro sci drive
> controller, I put it on my Apple IIe and it is functioning, anyone knows
> what are the advantages of using it ? I'd like to know  why does it hold
its
> own Eprom, is it to control a dos/prodos cache ?
>
> I suppose this controller should be faster than standard disk II, but
don't
> know if it can handle higher density diskettes (probably not using
standard
> disk II drives..)
>
> Does anyone have a link with more info on it ? II would appreciate if
anyone
> has a MicroSci disk utility image to share on the internet (I think the
card
> was supposed to have at least one test  disk ...)

I have the Micro-Sci Utilities disk in .dsk image format if you are
interested.

E.