19 Jun
1997
19 Jun
'97
2:31 p.m.
On Thu, 19 Jun 1997, Doug Spence wrote:
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 ///.
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).
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. 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. 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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