shankar@srcsip.UUCP (Subash Shankar) (08/09/88)
I was looking for a cable that will connect a 20-pin Disk II drive directly to the GS's floppy drive port. Its not neccessary that two Disk II drives are to be connected. Does anybody know of any company that sells these? Thanks.
matthew@sunpix.UUCP ( Sun NCAA) (08/17/88)
>I was looking for a cable that will connect a 20-pin Disk II drive directly >to the GS's floppy drive port. Its not neccessary that two Disk II drives >are to be connected. Does anybody know of any company that sells these? >Thanks. The following is a text breakdown of a Apple //gs to Disk ][ adapter printed in the 'Ask the Guru' column of 'Computer Shopper'. (April 1987 w/fix noted in July 1987). Signal Name Smartport Disk ][ Disk ][ Pin Number Pin Number Pin Number Ground 1,2,3,4 1,3,5,7 1,3,5,7 -12v 5 9 9 +5v 6 11,12 11,12 +12v 7,8 13,15,17,19 13,15,17,19 External Int. 9 No Connect 14 Write Protect 10 20 20 Phase0 11 2 2 Phase1 12 4 4 Phase2 13 6 6 Phase3 14 8 8 Write Request 15 10 10 Hard Drive Sel. 16 No Connect No Connect Drive 1 17 14 No Connect Read Data 18 16 16 Write Data 19 18 18 DB-19 Connector and other parts available from JDR Microdevices. -- Matthew Lee Stier (919) 469-8300| Sun Microsystems --- RTP, NC 27560| "Wisconsin Escapee" uucp: {medusa, rti}!sunpix!matthew |