Re: Apple 3.5" drive questions

["GarberStreet Enterprises" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

> able to use MFM 3.5" floppies, get a SuperDrive and controller or a PC
> 3.5" drive and a BlueDisk card and use it.  If you want to use MFM
> 5.25" floppies, get a PC 5.25" drive and a BlueDisk card.

Again, check the dates on both, nearly 10 year old solutions.
What is being done today? I've been to 4-5 sites where the
people said they'd finish up soon. The sites were last updated
like 2-3, even 4-5 years ago. Why did they stop?

> There are a few cards for the PC, which are now generally hard to
> find, that allow your PC to read GCR 5.25" and/or 3.5" floppies.  The
> solutions exist, they just aren't necessarily easy to find or to

Impossible to find, and nearly impossible to afford if bidding on eBay.

> afford.  For example, I'd love to get that SuperDrive and controller
> from you, I just can't afford it.

I had 2, sold one, took the other off the market. I decided to keep
one for each of my GS's.

> Also, this isn't the only way to transfer data between machines.  I've
> been using a null modem for years and this is one of the easier and
> cheaper, albeit slower, solutions.  In fact, my null modem cable is
> hooked up to a switch box so that I can connect to my PC with the
> click of a switch.

I was in CNC manufacturing, had to use null-modem connections on
the job for over 30 years. Frankly I'm sick of that.

> I also have a SCSI card in my PC so I can transfer data using any of
> my SCSI drives as well but I end up using the null modem cable most of
> the time because it is quicker to get going and I'm usually not
> transferring much data.  I only use the SCSI method for large amounts
> of data.

Yes, I also use Zip disks, and with a certain program which will remain
nameless for reasons I do not wish to disclose, HFS on PC to HFS on
GS is how I do that.

> One of these days I'll pick up a LANceGS card and then I can network
> my IIgs to my PC.  That'll be cool.  In the meantime, I could always
> set up my Mac IIci and use AppleTalk to it or just use its 3.5" drive
> that is capable of reading GCR 3.5" disk from my Apple II.

It would be cool, yes, but I really have no interest in having an Apple II
networked to my PC, Mac, or internet. My PC does internet just fine.
I don't even like the Mac on internet even though it is on. Maybe I'm
just not used to it, but downloading and stuff with one button mouse
is a pain.

> So, as you can see, there are lots of solutions.  People just seem to
> get hung up on the fact that they can't do it the straight forward
> way.  :-)

Yes, but they are old solutions, running out of hardware and not very
feasible.
Actually they are hung up on the fact that nothing new is being developed.
And why is that. Maybe people are giving up on Apple II's.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com



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