[comp.sys.apple] USCI A82 Disk Drive

wen@CHEM.UCSD.EDU (Wendell Wyly) (08/01/87)

Request any assistance on a Micro-sci A82 Floppy Disk Drive purchased in 1982.

I need a pro-dos driver (prefer V1.1.1 or later) that will access the drive
with a standard apple floppy controller.  Disk 1 is a standard 35 track drive
and disk 2 is the 80 track drive.  The capability to access the 80 track in
the 35 track mode is not needed.

Micro-sci furnished a pro-dos driver for prodos 1.0.1, but it doesn't work
correctly when accessing a text file in the 80 track mode and just sets and
chatters when used in bbs service.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.  The drive is primarily used to
back up a 10mbyte Sider and store textfiles.  Does anyone make an inexpensive
double sided double density drive for the apple IIe that uses 5.25 inch disks?

UUCP: [ ihnp4 cbosgd hplabs!hp-sdd sdcsvax nosc ] !crash!pnet01!pro-mercury!wen
ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-mercury!wen@nosc.mil
INET: wen@pro-mercury.CTS.COM
BITNET: wen%pro-mercury.cts.com@ucbvax.berkeley.edu      (I hope this works)