18 Nov
1998
18 Nov
'98
10:34 a.m.
On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Phil Beesley wrote:
Well there is a glimmer they do know something. If you go to
ftp.dayna.com, there is a Daynafile directory listing. From the
accompanying readme:
"DAYNAFILE READ ME
These files are for use with the DaynaFILE and non-PCI based Macintosh
machines. Beware that these files are PASSWORD PROTECTED. Version 3.1
of the software is free of charge, and requires no ROM upgrade.
Version 4.1 is not free of charge and requires a ROM upgrade.
For information on passwords or ROM upgrades, please contact:
support(a)dayna.com
8/22/97"
-- Stephen Dauphin
On 16 Nov 98 at 5:56, Eric Smith wrote:
The card has a non-standard 26-pin triple-row DB-type connector that
pokes out the rear of the LC family cpu. There is a specific cable that
attaches and "Y" connects to two different external devices. One leg
has the 19 pin female and attaches to a suitable disk drive. The
Unidisk 5.25" would be a good bet. The other leg has a DB-9 female
and attaches to a standard Apple II or IBM converted joystick.
The Apple ][ card for the Macintosh LC might be
able to connect to a
real Disk ][; I've never had an LC (with or without the Apple ][ card),
so I couldn't tell you.
I've never seen one of these in the UK but I understand that the LC
family card will take one of the 19 pin Apple 5.25" drives. And as
non-Apple floppy drives for the Mac go, there was the DaynFile, which
was a nice two-drive box with a SCSI interface. It could be configured with
a mix of 360K, 1.2M, and 1.44M PC-format disks.
Ugh. These were incredibly expensive and each mechanism would
only read one particular disk format. I recall transferring data
from 360K floppy to 1.2M floppy on a PC before putting it on the
Mac -- annoying for one disk but extremely tedious after a while. Like
all Dayna products, they never properly supported it and nowadays
deny all knowledge.