Re: apple iie with question about the duo disk drive and connecting it

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

digitalplaytime (info@digitalplaytime.com.au) wrote:
: Hi I have and Apple IIe computer and I also have a duo twin disk
: drive, but with no original cable for it, Their is no power cable
: attachment so I can only quess that the power comes via the connection
: cable to the apple.

: On my apple iie I have a disk drive port but the socket is smaller
: than the one on the duo.

: I have found a couple of ribbon cables which connect to the duo but
: the other end is smaller on the apple pc - I know this is a drive port
: as I have another single disk drive and it works on this port.

: Is the duo drive a serial drive and requires a serial card? and not
: the drive card in the apple pc ? I have a serial card which has two
: bank of dip switches on it and the cables do fit on both ends but the
: drive does nothing. do I need to change the dip switches or is this
: not the right card to use and cable?

: If you know I would be grateful as I want to see if the drive works.

You need a DuoDisk drive cable, unfortunately.

The DuoDisk plugs into the 19-pin disk drive connector, which, in a ][e,
would be attached to a controller card in one of the slots, probably Slot
#6.  It's the same controller card that works with any Apple 5.25" drive
except the Disk ][ (and it can be made to work with the Disk ][ if you
change the connectors around).  And yes, the drive is powered by the
interface.

If you're lucky, someone else here can give you the pinouts of that cable.
 I don't think I have any DuoDisk cables around here to check.....

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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