wiles@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Dale Wiles) (02/16/90)
I'm thinking about taking the plunge and picking up a 800K, 3.5''
drive and I need some basic information. I know I could go and talk to
my local Apple rep. (read *DORK*) and have him try to sell me a
Macintosh, but I'd rather spend the time with you :-)
Apple will sell me a first drive for my //e (enhanced) for about $500.
With it I get a UniDisk 3.5, and Apple II Accessory Kit, and Catalyst
3.0.
First question: What's in the accessory kit? I can buy it alone for
$69. Is it worth it? (I think it has the controller card in it.)
Next: What is Catalyst 3.0 and why do I want it?
And lastly, where can I get any or all of this junk (or junk-a-like)
for a good price?
I await wisdom, knowledge, and some of the general merriment that is
unique to the Apple// group.
Dale
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*carbon based life forms in the universe. *to me. Yogi the Space Bear.greyelf@wpi.wpi.edu (Michael J Pender) (02/17/90)
In article <17831@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> acsu.buffalo.edu!planck!wiles%hercules writes: > >I'm thinking about taking the plunge and picking up a 800K, 3.5'' >drive and I need some basic information... >Apple will sell me a first drive for my //e (enhanced) for about $500. >With it I get a UniDisk 3.5, and Apple II Accessory Kit, and Catalyst >3.0. I don't know what the accessory kit is all about, but $500 is more than I'd pay for a 3.5 inch drive. You didn't say if you have a IIe or IIc. I have a laser 128ex, but my last machine was a laser 128, one of the older ones, without the 3.5 controller card built in. I bought a 3.5 inch drive and controller card from Laser for about $225 total. They don't sell them direct anymore, but they shouldn't be too much more expensive. The drive is a standard mac compatible, but not quite as fast as the Unidisk apparently. The drive supposedly works just ducky on a GS, but I don't imagine it would fare well with a Unidisk controller card. The UDC/Laser drive pair does provide a much cheaper alternative to the apple setup, if you don't have a IIc. As I understand it, if you have a IIc, you have to have the new roms, and can only use the Unidisk drive. I think Catalyst has something to do with transporting appleworks to 3.5 inch disks.
samt@pro-europa.cts.com (Sam Theis) (02/20/90)
Dale Wiles writes: >Apple will sell me a first drive for my //e (enhanced) for about $500. >With it I get a UniDisk 3.5, and Apple II Accessory Kit, and Catalyst >3.0. >First question: What's in the accessory kit? I can buy it alone for >$69. Is it worth it? (I think it has the controller card in it.) >Next: What is Catalyst 3.0 and why do I want it? The accessory kit includes the controller card and a Systems Utility Disk. You need a UniDisk controller card, so if you don't have one from somewhere else, you will have to buy the accessory kit. Catalyst 3.0 is an old and mostly obsolete desktop-style program launcher. If it comes free OK, but I wouldn't pay extra for it today. (I did back when the UniDisk 3.5 first came out in '85 or so, but only used Catalyst for a few months). UUCP: crash!pro-europa!samt ARPA: crash!pro-europa!samt@nosc.mil INET: samt@pro-europa.cts.com