SMILLS@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (SCOTT MILLS) (01/31/91)
I was recently given three old Disk II drives. The all work just fine and I would like to use them on a couple of //c's. Is there anyone out there that markets adaptors for these old drives that will let me use them on a //c or a //gs drive port? Is there anyway to make them daisy-chainable? Thanks In Advance, B. Scott Mills Apple // Forever Student Consultant, Stephen F. Austin State University SMILLS@SFAUSTIN.BITNET Almost Heaven BBS: 409-362-2020 SMILLS%SFAUSTIN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Henderson) (02/01/91)
In article <910131.03383348.047078@SFA.CP6> SMILLS@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (SCOTT MILLS) writes: >I was recently given three old Disk II drives. The all work just >fine and I would like to use them on a couple of //c's. Is there >anyone out there that markets adaptors for these old drives that will >let me use them on a //c or a //gs drive port? Is there anyway to make >them daisy-chainable? >Thanks In Advance, > >B. Scott Mills Apple // Forever >Student Consultant, Stephen F. Austin State University >SMILLS@SFAUSTIN.BITNET Almost Heaven BBS: 409-362-2020 >SMILLS%SFAUSTIN.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU One night, while fairly intoxicated (isn't that when the best hardware hacks are done?) and fairly bored, I had an idea. A couple weeks before, I had blown up a Unidisk 3.5 drive (while sober :-( ). I decided to take the cable off of the Unidisk and replace it with the 20 pin ribbon cable on one of my old Disk ]['s. It worked! Now, you probably don't have a dead Unidisk laying around, but you can buy one of these cables from a place called JDR for $9.95 each! Their number is 1-800-538-5000. The part number is CBL-DRIVE-IIC. Unfortunately, with this method, you can daisy chain only one drive. However, when I looked through this month's issue of Computer Monthly, I found an ad from Creative Solutions in Dayton, Ohio. The product that they sell is called DAISY PORT and sells for $24.95. They claim that you can hook 2 Disk ][ type drives into the port and daisy chain them to your 3.5's. I decided to stick with the Disk ][ controler card for 2 drives. Currently, with the control panel, even if you daisy chain the 5.25 drives, you still lose access to slot 6. So, why bother. If future GS developments allow the use of slots and ports simultaneously, however, the DAISY port would be a great investment. -- = R. Scott Henderson = "Some people claim that there's a = = University of Illinois = woman to blame, but I know it's = = scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu = my own damned fault. = = Apple II Forever! = -Jimmy Buffet =
richm@pro-berks.cts.com (Rich Mlodoch) (02/16/91)
In-Reply-To: message from scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu I currently have my two Disk ][ drives hanging off my Apple 3.5 drive. I use a cable I made with parts from Radio shack. It's not hard to wire up. I could provide the details if anyone's interested. ProLine: richm@pro-berks Internet: richm@pro-berks.cts.com UUCP: crash!pro-berks!richm ARPA: crash!pro-berks!richm@nosc.mil Bitnet: richm%pro-berks.cts.com@nosc.mil pro-berks--215/929-4315--A free public access Proline system.