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Re: ANNOUNCE: World's First 3.5-inch Flexible Disk Drive Write-up
- Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: World's First 3.5-inch Flexible Disk Drive Write-up
- From: Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:13:16 +1300
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: ihug ( New Zealand )
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Couple of errors here, being:-
Using Central Point Software's Inc, "Universal Disk Controller" card it is
possible to use external Apple Macintosh 3.5inch 800 Kb & 400 Kb disk drives on
Apple II. The latter, would be useless because you can't read the disks on newer
800 kb drives!
By 1985, Apple began selling 3.5inch 800Kb disk drives for the Apple II range,
with matching controller.
Sadly, the relationship between Sony and Apple, must have soured over the years.
Initially, Sony supplied Apple with 3.5inch disk drives to monitors. At some
point, they even tried their hand at Mac-looklike office computer - the name of
which allures me. These days, they no longer provide support (and drivers) for
their latest peripherals on Macintosh.