Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!nikhefk!keeshu From: keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (Kees Huyser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple ][ and Disk Drives Message-ID: <110@nikhefk.UUCP> Date: Wed, 4-Feb-87 05:24:42 EST Article-I.D.: nikhefk.110 Posted: Wed Feb 4 05:24:42 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Feb-87 06:48:34 EST References: Reply-To: keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (Kees Huyser) Organization: National Institute for Nuclear Physics; Netherlands Lines: 27 In article mp1w#@andrew.cmu.edu (Marc Russell Pawliger) writes: > >I recently acquired an Apple ][. Not a plus, not an e or a c or a gs. >Old ROMs, sweet-16, boot in the monitor and all that. What's the deal >on using floppy drives? I have the standard Disk ][ drive and the >'new' controller card that I've been using with my Plus at home. Can >the ][ only handle 13-sector? And if so, can somebody forward a copy >of demuffin or finmuf or whatever the ancient 16 to 13 sector convertor >is? > > Marc Pawliger > mp1w@andrew.cmu.edu > mp1w@cmuccvma.bitnet You can use your 'new' controller and the normal Apple ][ drives without any problems. Disks formatted on these drives will be in 16 sector format. The old 13 sector format was contained in the two proms on the controller; the upgrade to 16 sector disks came with the new proms (which you have in the 'new' controller). Be sure to use DOS 3.3 or ProDOS, as these are the only DOS's that allow 16 sector format. -- Kees | UUCP : keeshu@nikhefk.uucp or : {[wherever]!seismo}!mcvax!nikhefk!keeshu | FIDO : kees huyser at 28/9 or 500/11 | BITNET : u00212@hasara5.bitnet | SNAIL : kees huyser, NIKHEF-K, PO Box 4395, 1009 AJ Amsterdam, Netherlands