Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!ericmcg
From: ericmcg@pnet91.cts.com (Eric Mcgillicuddy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Pcs and Apples
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Date: 3 Feb 91 16:18:04 GMT
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>Does anyone know if it is possible to connect an MS-DOS floppy or hard
>disk drive to a ][c, and have the ][c fully acknowledge it and be able
>to utilize it?

Yes. A friend used an internal IBM half height drive on his II+ clone without
difficulty. The company provided a cable to connect to the Disk ][ controller.
He never had any problems with it. a few years back he got a new caable to
connect it to his //c. He left the cardboard wrapping around the drive to
protect the inards somewhat. Funny to look at, but it never gave any problems.

Last year he bought a clone to put around the drive. 

I suppose that it is theoretically possible to build a ST506 controller for an
Apple II bus, but I have not heard of any. Most people get SCSI drives
nowadays, even IBM'ers.

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