7 Aug
2000
7 Aug
'00
6:49 p.m.
Eric Smith <eric(a)brouhaha.com> said:
The //c disk controller is for all reasonable intents
and purposes the same
as the Disk ][ controller used in the Apple ][ and ][+, simply with a
different connector pinout (D-subminature 19 pin instead of a 2x10 header).
It's reduced from seven chips to one, but functions the same.
In fact I remember about 1988, buying a small connector from Jameco. It
had
pins on both sides almost like a wire wrap header. (I seem to me that
the pins
were straight through). One side plugged into the //c floppy port and
the
other side plugged into the ribbon cable from the Apple ][ drive. And
it
cost two or three dollars. I couldn't find it on their web site just
now,
but I was surprised to see that they still sell power supplies for the
Apple ][,][+,][e.
--Doug
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Doug Coward
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