mwillegal wrote:
> I'm pretty far along on a "smart" version for DIsk ][ drives,
> formatted in DOS 3.3 format.
> http://www.willegal.net/appleii/appleii-disk-int.htm.

BTW, you can cool down your +5v regulator by running it from
the *regulated* +12v instead of the unregulated.

A small switching supply that outputs +12 and +5, and maybe
even -12 and -5 (though that's less important), is probably
available surplus for under $10.  (When I tried this--without
the microcontroller, hoping the parallel port would work--
I used a "brick on a rope" that supplied +12, +5, and -12.)

(I'm assuming that eventually this will all go into a box
anyway.)

-michael

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