dowst@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV (10/14/87)
Apple has apparantly quietly discontinued the 3.5" UniDisk for the Apple //e and //c. In the case of the //e, the Central Point controller and drives are a reasonable alternative. In the case of the //c, there is no simple workaround. Apparantly Apple has decided that the //c is not a serious enough computer to warrant making bulk storage available. Any comments from the net? Henry Dowst Reply here or to GEnie "DOWST"
lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) (10/21/87)
I am sorry, but I find it hard to buy the rumor about Apple canning the Unidisk 3.5. The only way I can see this happening is if they have a new 3.5" controller which allows the Apple 3.5 drive to be used on these machines, and that wouldnt help the IIc any.\ No, Apple may get rid of the 5.25" Unidisk, but not the 3.5"... -- Larry W. Virden 75046,606 (CIS) 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 cbosgd!n8emr!lwv HAM/SWL BBS (HBBS) 614-457-4227.. 300/1200 bps We haven't inherited the world from our parents, but borrowed it from our children.
ralphw@IUS2.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) (10/28/87)
In article <871014101910.03b@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV> dowst@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV writes: >Apple has apparantly quietly discontinued the 3.5" UniDisk for the Apple //e >and //c. In the case of the //e, the Central Point controller and drives >are a reasonable alternative. In the case of the //c, there is no simple >workaround. Apparantly Apple has decided that the //c is not a serious >enough computer to warrant making bulk storage available. Any comments >from the net? Great. Now I'll NEVER be able to get any technical support for it. I keep wondering if you can daisy chain drives to the //e controller, in spite of what Apple says. Presumably all you'd need would be a SmartPort/Protocol Converter <-> Apple Woz-machine-type controller. Does anyone with a //c reference manual (including Protocol Converter listings?) have any ideas? This may also allow you to add multiple generic 3 1/2" drives to the //GS, and there are some hard disks which work off of regular floppy ports, so there are many benefits. Hopefully some third party will get interested in this. - Ralph -- - Ralph W. Hyre, Jr. Internet: ralphw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu Phone:(412)268-{2847,3275} CMU-{BUGS,DARK} Amateur Packet Radio: N3FGW@W2XO, or c/o W3VC, CMU Radio Club, Pittsburgh, PA
fiddler@concertina.UUCP (10/28/87)
> In article <871014101910.03b@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV> dowst@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV writes: > >workaround. Apparantly Apple has decided that the //c is not a serious > >enough computer to warrant making bulk storage available. Any comments > >from the net? At the time the //c was introduced, Quark introduced a 10Mb hard disk that plugged into the disk port of the //c. I believe that it also had a port at the back of the drive for you to daisy-chain a Disk][, and should also have fit a UniDisk3.5. Even if Quark isn't making them anymore, maybe someone has some hanging around in some store or something. Maybe they'll be coming out with another 3.5" drive? I have a bad feeling about this... seh
halp@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU ("Bruce P. Halpern") (11/04/87)
The current (mid-October, 1987) Apple Government and Educational price list still lists the Unidisk 3.5 (for ][c and ][e) as a perfectly normal item, available for the paying. It is **NOT** listed as a "while supplies list" item, althought certain other things are. Thus, it appears the Apple Computer, Inc. is still selling this item. ****DISCLAMER: My comments, etc., are my own shakey opinions ******** | Bruce P. Halpern Psychology & Neurobiology & Behavior Cornell Ithaca | | ARPA: halp@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu | | BITNET: HALP@CRNLTHRY D57J@CORNELLA D57J@CRNLVAX5 | | PHONE: 607-255-6433 Uris Hall, Cornell U., Ithaca, NY 14853-7601 |