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Subject: Lisa Floppy disk controller
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Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 19:44:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  1 19:44:00 1984
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From: Little@HI-MULTICS.ARPA
One definition of frustration would be to have a pair of 1.2 mbyte Qume
8" floppy disks sitting 3 feet awayfrom a Lisa, and no way of cleanly
getting the Lisa to use them.  One solution would be to have a floppy
disk controller that would use them, but no such beastie exists that I
can locate.  Another would be an interface card that would work off of
the parallel card.  Somemay ask "Why bother, use the 5 meg?!"  I am but
the Workshop and office systems leave very little room (Boy 5 years ago
I thought a 90k 5 1/4 was PLENTY big).  HHHHEEELLLPPP!!! Does anyone
know of a controller card or an interface that is plug in and go?
Software is no problem, that can be generated.  But I sure hesitate to
plug in something that I have built into my 8,000 dollar beast!  I am
not very fond of smoke testing the next three years of payments! 
 
                                                  Totally chicken,
                                                  Gary
(Little.Fleas@HI-MULTICS)