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From: ralphw@IUS2.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple IIc UniDisk Availability
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Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 17:57:02 EST
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In article <871014101910.03b@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV> dowst@VLSI.JPL.NASA.GOV writes:
>Apple has apparantly quietly discontinued the 3.5" UniDisk for the Apple //e
>and //c.  In the case of the //e, the Central Point controller and drives
>are a reasonable alternative.  In the case of the //c, there is no simple
>workaround.  Apparantly Apple has decided that the //c is not a serious 
>enough computer to warrant making bulk storage available.  Any comments
>from the net?  
Great.  Now I'll NEVER be able to get any technical support for it.
I keep wondering if you can daisy chain drives to the //e controller,
in spite of what Apple says.

Presumably all you'd need would be a SmartPort/Protocol Converter <-> Apple 
Woz-machine-type controller.   Does anyone with a //c reference manual
(including Protocol Converter listings?) have any ideas?

This may also allow you to add multiple generic 3 1/2" drives to the //GS,
and there are some hard disks which work off of regular floppy ports,
so there are many benefits.  Hopefully some third party will get interested
in this.

					- Ralph
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