jasona@pro-houston.cts.com (Jason Asbahr) (02/09/90)
Greets all... On to the question...
Recently, my girlfriend and I were looking about in a local Federated
Electronics 'Superstore' during their going-out-of-business-sale and found
an unpriced Tatung 5 1/4 drive that they identified as a Franklin Ace drive.
Fine. "How much?" I asked. "How much is it worth to you" he asked.
"Ten dollars," I answered. A couple flunkies later and I had my drive for
$10! :)
Well, it DOES work find with my Franklin, but my girlfriend wants to be able
to use it on her Apple //c...and if we can get it to do that, I want to mod
one of the original two Franklin drives for MY //c. Can anyone help us out?
It looks like all we'd need is a short patch cord between the rectangular
plug on the old drives to 19-pin //c connector (which looks the same as the
one the 10-key gray-cased Apple //e's)... and all I need is the pin-out on the
old rectangular plugs. Have a reference manual handy? I've got my //c
manual... :)
Thanks,
-Jason Asbahr, clattering away...matthew@sunpix.East.Sun.COM ( Sun Visualization Products) (02/14/90)
In article <1410@crash.cts.com> jasona@pro-houston.cts.com (Jason Asbahr) writes: }Greets all... On to the question... } }Well, it DOES work find with my Franklin, but my girlfriend wants to be able }to use it on her Apple //c...and if we can get it to do that, I want to mod }one of the original two Franklin drives for MY //c. Can anyone help us out? } }It looks like all we'd need is a short patch cord between the rectangular }plug on the old drives to 19-pin //c connector (which looks the same as the }one the 10-key gray-cased Apple //e's)... and all I need is the pin-out on the }old rectangular plugs. Have a reference manual handy? I've got my //c }manual... :) } } Thanks, } } -Jason Asbahr, clattering away... The only source, I know of, for the 19 pin connectors for the Apple //c diskport is JDR Microdevices. If your going to have to buy the parts, I'd go for buying an assembled adapter. Check out JDR Microdevices or Jameco in any one of many computer magazines. -- Matthew Lee Stier | Sun Microsystems --- RTP, NC 27709-3447 | "Wisconsin Escapee" uucp: sun!mstier or mcnc!rti!sunpix!matthew | phone: (919) 469-8300 fax: (919) 460-8355 |