Re: Copy II PC Option Board

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

M. Pender replied:

>Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
>20030808142732.24129.00001211@mb-m16.aol.com">news:20030808142732.24129.00001211@mb-m16.aol.com...
>> Bryan Parkoff asked:
>>
>> >I have noticed Copy II PC Option Board on e-Bay.  What is this?
>>
>> I'd recommend some Googling before asking.  This board has
>> been extensively written about and there are probably dozens
>> of threads discussing what it can do.
>>
>> It is an alternate disk controller for a PC which is capable of
>> reading and writing almost any non-high-density 5.25" disk,
>> including Apple GCR disks, using a standard non-HD PC drive.
>
>It looks like the Copy II PC board on sale at eBay is for 3.5" disks.
>I'm not sure whether it would work with a 5.25" drive at all.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2745633038

Interesting--I never saw this one.  Most Apple II users were looking
for the 5.25" version--and now it's tricky even to find a 360K PC floppy!

For 3.5" disk transfers, an older Mac would be a much more
available approach.

-michael

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