dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) (05/17/91)
I have an old 5.25" floppy drive for an Apple II+. It's beige, with a ribbon cable. I want to connect it to an Apple IIe. (OK, actually a Mac LC with a IIe emulator card, but that should be the same thing, right?) I've been talking with a company that advertises in A+ magazine (I forget which one), and the tech there says that a simple adaptor won't work, because the IIe drives use an additional signal not used by the II+ drives. He says the drive will spin up and calibrate OK, but the IIe will not see the disk. He doesn't know whether there's a simple workaround. Not being a hardware person myself, neither do I. Does anyone know whether this can be done? Can anyone tell me the difference between the signals used by the two drives? (I won't understand you, but I can pass the information on to someone who will.) Is there a simple known workaround, or it is known that there is none? This must have been a FAQ a few years ago, when the IIe came out. I'm hoping someone still remembers the answers. Anybody? -- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com) I don't speak for my employer. --
ART100@psuvm.psu.edu (Andy Tefft) (05/20/91)
What? Now, assuming the //c disk interface is the same as the newer //e's (my disk II interface takes the 20 pin flat ribbon cables), there is no trouble hooking up an old disk II. All it takes is a little adapter. I used a disk II on my //c for a while, until I got my Unidisk. Sounds like someone is trying to sell you something you don't need. On the other hand, maybe the //e is different from the //c.