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From: ralphw@C7.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple 3.5 drives and the Apple IIe
Keywords: Apple 3.5 Drive, Apple IIe
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Date: 7 Oct 88 22:09:11 GMT
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In article <612@convex.UUCP> buyse@convexc.UUCP (Russell C. Buyse) writes:
>I have also *long* wanted to be able to use my IIe with the Apple 3.5
>drive to give me that extra capacity compared to my trusty 5.25" disk
>drives.
Me too.
>I don't really want to buy the Unidisk 3.5 due to its
>'uniqueness'-- its slowness versus the Apple 3.5 and its lesser degree of
>flexibility on the IIGS.

Whats worse is that you can't even daisy chain Apple 3.5s or Apple 5.25s to
the back of a UniDisk 3.5 (ONLY on the //e).  I only want one floppy
controller/system, and Smartport can handle 128 drives!  But if I have
the misfortune of wanting a 5.25 and 3.25 on a //e, I currently need two
controllers!

I think it's just a software (ROM) change, too.  The UniDisk has a 65c02
and IWM inside, it should be able to control ANY apple drive attached to it.

Maybe I'll hack one together someday, but what an ordeal for something
that should have been done from the start!