Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!MITRE.ARPA!mcgurrin From: mcgurrin@MITRE.ARPA.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: apple ][ and disk drives Message-ID: <8701302350.AA18989@mitre.ARPA> Date: Fri, 30-Jan-87 18:50:58 EST Article-I.D.: mitre.8701302350.AA18989 Posted: Fri Jan 30 18:50:58 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Feb-87 05:42:27 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The MITRE Corp., Washington, D.C. Lines: 15 Sorry to post this, but the return path didn't work. 16 sector disks (DOS 3.3) work fine on a plain ][, provided the appropriate chips are on the disk controller card. To the best of my recollection, no motherboard chips change with the upgrade from 3.2.1 (granted my memory is foggy, it was a long, long time ago). If you for some reason need to convert, though, the program you are looking for is NIFFUM (clever, huh). You didn't ask, but one word of warning, just because a program will run on a ][+ with 48K doesn't mean it will run on a ][ with 64K (Applesoft in RAM vs. ROM). An example is SSI's Computer Quarterback and at least some issues of Softdisk magazine. Many companies don't even know if their software will run on a plain ][, never the less, much will, and there's still life in the ][ yet (even if I do plan to finally get a new Apple (a GS) soon. Let me know if you have any other questions... antique users need to stick together!