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From: JDB8042@VENUS.TAMU.EDU (John D. Baker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: 3.5" disk hardware questions
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Date: 1 Dec 90 18:27:40 GMT
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I have a few questions regarding Apple 3.5" disk equipment.

What exactly makes the UniDisk 3.5 so different from the other
Apple-compatible 3.5" drives.  Why can't one sector-edit a
UniDisk 3.5 while other 3.5"drives _can_ be sector-edited?

If the UniDisk 3.5s are so different from the others, how can
AMR and AE make a 3.5" drive that can be used on both Apple
][s, ][+s, and //es with the 3.5" disk controller AND the //c,
//c+ and ][gs Smartport?

In other news:

Way back when the Chinook CT20c and CT40c had just come out, I read
that they could also be attached to a //e via the UniDisk 3.5
controller card.  How is this possible?  In fact, it was in a
copy of inCider (arrgh!) at the time (in their review, in fact!).

Please elaborate, as it sounds like a quick and sneaky way to add a 
hard disk to a //e (3.5 controllers are easily obtainable and much
less expensive than a EssSeeEssEye card).

Thanks for the help.

John D. Baker ->An Apple 5.25", 3.5", 8" ZCPR3 nut //