Interest in a DiscFerret?

[ben]

On 1/10/2019 7:41 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> On 1/10/19 5:16 PM, Chris Pye via cctalk wrote:
> 
>> There is a 13 sector version of ADTPro. All you need is a working
>> Apple II or IIe with a floppy drive and serial card (or ethernet
>> card). It can even bootstrap the Apple into 13 sector DOS 3.2 mode
>> and then you can read and transfer disk images to a PC via serial or
>> ethernet. Then use CiderPress to read the files from the disk
>> images.
> 
> Jim Sather's "Understanding the Apple IIe" has a wonderful exposition on
> the workings of the Apple II disk controller.  Without having an Apple
> II at my disposal in the 80s, I was able to construct a rather simple
> ISA card for a PC that would read Apple floppies.
> 
> Then I got a MatchPoint PC card.
> 
> Now, of course, handling Apple II floppies can be done with $3
> microcontroller card.
> 
> --Chuck
> 
Or emulated with a 39 cent part not counting connectors.
Ben.