Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!ANDREW.CMU.EDU!sk2f+ From: sk2f+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Seth D. Kadesh") Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Apple IIGS and Apple Drives Message-ID: Date: 23 Oct 88 06:18:19 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 30 Which 3.5 drives can run off the GS smartport? I had a compatibility problem with my Central Point Software drives - the Universal Drive Controller (it ran 5 1/4 and 3.5 drives!) was not 100% Apple compatible i.e. the COPY PROTECTED software would not run! Very aggravating! I coped for a while, but just recently succumbed. My old drives are now owned by Mac users, who have no problems - the drives were actually Mac drives. So now I need to go out and buy new drives. What is the difference between Apple brand Mac drives, and the 3.5 drive Apple makes for the GS? Could I wire a connection between the Mac drives and the GS smartport? Is there a different external drive for the Mac SE/Mac II? HELP?!! A quick answer would be most gratifying, as I have no drives at the moment! A comment about my plight. I don't think it unreasonable to expect that software manufacturers make their products run on similar systems. I must point out that only COPY PROTECTED SOFTWARE (3.5 disk format) would not run off of my drive/controller setup. I know that Apple wants developers to follow Apple set standards, so that future enhancements do not bring the problem of incompatibility (example: most telecommunication software written for the Apple II will not run on the IIGS because developers sidestepped the software protocols, and worked directly with the hardware - 6551 or something. Then Apple changed the IIGS to an 8530 or something - the numbers are the serial chip processors - and all old Apple II software that ignored Apple's communication standards were rendered incompatible. Apple did this too. Hmm.) However, I don't think that the drive/controller fall into the same category. Let the NeXT machine from Apple be a faster IIGS! Thanks. --Seth Kadesh --sk2f@+andrew.cmu.edu (it's correct, it just may not be in order!) The Mad Scientist knows...