22 Sep
2003
22 Sep
'03
1:34 p.m.
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 ghldbrd(a)ccp.com wrote:
ISTR that the Apple drive is a DSDD mechanism, and
that GCR encoding is
used, not a standard FM/MFM. So you need the Apple drive no matter how
you slice it. And you need another disk controller card to match it.
ISTR that there was once an aftermarket disk controller for the ][ that
did Apple GCR using "industry standard" drives! THAT, if any could be
found, should work with a 720K 3.5" PC type drive.
The last time that I saw one was 20 years ago, and the guy who had it is
now dead.
Finding the Apple drive would be a LOT easier.