Yes they made and External Disk ///, a joystick /// as well, I have both :)
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From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)crl.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Apple /// stuff (was: Re: This
weekend's haul)
Date: Thursday, June 19, 1997 9:31 PM
On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Doug Spence wrote:
> > My internal floppy seems to be hosed. I can't boot any disks off of
it.
> > Some bgin to boot but then go to error,
others invoke this horrendous
> > recalibration that never ends. I assume the
drive head is dirty and
the
> > speed needs calibrating. I wonder if I can
calibrate this drive like
one
can the Disk ][?
Bummer. Is it not possible to use a Disk ]['s drive mechanism with the
///? Internally or externally? Obviously trying to do so internally
would bring form factor problems, but I'm wondering if it could be done
anyway.
I would guess that the controller is compatible with Disk ][ drives,
although it would not surprised me if Apple purposely changed the pinouts
or used a different connector to thwart anyone
attempting to use a ][
drive with the ///.
> Thankfully my internal drive works, but I wouldn't mind hooking up a
> second drive to it... and the chances of finding a Disk /// lying
around
are
practically nil.
I don't think they made such a beast...did they?
> > Doug, if you want I can e-mail NuFX (ShrinkIt) images to you. This
would
> > be the quickest way for you to get them.
You'd need an Apple //
running
> > shrinkit of course. The disk format between
the // and /// is
identical.
>
> That would be great, thanks! I've never used ShrinkIt, but I can at
least
get stuff to
and from my //e, and I've got two Disk ][s and a 512K RAM
card in it. I'll get ShrinkIt via FTP.
ShrinkIt is easy to use. You'll do fine. I'll try to e-mail the images
to you in uuencoded format sometime within the next few days (I am busy).
> I don't suppose the /// disks are available at some anonymous FTP site
> already? It'd be especially cool in .dsk format, as that's how I
transfer
all of my ][
software. (I never had a decent terminal program for my
Micromodem IIe, so I wrote a whole disk transfer program and extract
individual files when I have to once the disk image is on my Amiga.)
I doubt it. It would be a good thing to do though.
Sam
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