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On Feb 27, 2:20=A0pm, Steven Hirsch wrote: > AppleCPM wrote: > > Hi, y'all! > > > =A0 =A0 As long as we're discussing the UDC, I thought I'd see if I cou= ld > > clear up some of my confusion about the card. =A0I've had one for quite > > some time but have been reluctant to test it because I don't know what > > drives can be connected to it. =A0I did just visit the A2Wiki and see > > that I can't use it with a 3.5 inch Unidisk drive. =A0My understanding > > is that you can use up to four drives with the card and that they can > > be either 5.25 inch or 3.5 inch drives. =A0Do they need to be in any > > particular order? =A0Will a 1.44 MB drive work with the card? =A0How ab= out > > early Mac drives like the M0130 (I think that's the model number)? > > There are two firmware versions that I'm aware of. =A0One of them support= s the > Unidisk 3.5 and the other supports the newer 3.5" drive (no internal > controller). =A0They are mutually exclusive. And one of the firmwares definitely supports the single-sided 400k 3.5 inch Mac drives. I can remember the early ads for the UDC suggesting you could get these now abandoned drives for a song and then use them with your Apple II. -Warr --- SBBSecho 2.12-Win32* Origin: Derby City Gateway (1:2320/0) SEEN-BY: 10/1 3 34/999 120/228 123/500 128/2 140/1 222/2 226/0 236/150 249/303 SEEN-BY: 250/306 261/20 38 100 1404 1406 1410 1418 266/1413 280/1027 320/119 SEEN-BY: 393/11 396/45 633/260 267 712/848 800/432 801/161 189 2222/700 SEEN-BY: 2320/100 105 200 2905/0 @PATH: 2320/0 100 261/38 633/260 267 |
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