Re: Apple 3.5" drive questions

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

In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0303061912090.9275-100000@lab.oregonvos.net>, Matthew
Montchalin <mmontcha@OregonVOS.net> writes:

>On 7 Mar 2003, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>|>Scarlet Otter <SecretaryBird@MYTAILFEATHERSSoftHome.net> writes:
>|>> Is there a possibility that Apple II disks could be read from and written
>|>> to on a Commodore VIC-20, 64, or 128?  I _think_ that both the
>|>> Commodore 1571 (5.25" Double-sided) and 1581 (3.5") disk drives can do
>both
>|>
>|>> GCR and MFM.
>|>
>|>Not really.  They do Commodore GCR, which is not the same as Apple GCR.
>|
>|However, the Commodore drives are programmable, so there may be
>|hope for a real hacker.  ;-)
>
>But the rotational speed of the drive is not user selectable, even if
>the "width" of a bit (as read or written) is variable according to bit
>density.

Certainly an impediment (!) for 3.5" disks, but not 5.25".

-michael

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