Hi, people. As I have said a couple of weeks before, I'm looking for a way to easy the transfer files and disk images from the PC to mi Apple ][s and back. In this time, I have been thinking about the different posibilities.
Both of my Apple IIs (an original //c and an Enhanced //e) have only 5.25" drives. So there are only two ways to go: expand one of them, or buy a new Apple II. Upgrading the Apple //c into a "rev 1" model is difficult: I'd have to change the ROM and the disk controller chips (the IWM on my //c is the "A" revision that can't handle 3.5" drives), and I think they are pretty difficult to obtain. My Apple //e has two disk controllers (an original Disk ][ in slot 6 and a DuoDisk, I think, in slot 4), even if I only have one 5.25" drive. And here comes the first question. I'm not sure if the second controller is a DuoDisk one. Both of them are simmilar: they have the same 8 chips, including the PROMs P5 and P6. Also, when I use a C400<C600.C6FFV command on the monitor, it says both device ROMs are simmilar. The only difference is that the card in slot 4 has a cable that ends in a DB-19 connector instead of having the two 20-pin connectors the Disk ][ has. What card it is? Is it able to use 3.5" drives? I don't think so, because if it were able, the ROM sould be different, but I can't assure. Does anybody have a disk controller card for the //e that is able to handle an 800k or (better) an 1.44 Mb 3.5" drive? Can you sell it to me? The other solution is to buy a computer that has that capability built-in. The //c+ is nice: it's the faster Apple II ever made, and has an internal 800 Kb 3.5" drive. The //gs is also a good option: not as fast as a //c+, but it can run GS-OS and has a built-in controller that is 3.5"-capable. The problem is that, as I live in Spain, all composite video monitors I have work at PAL frequencies (50 fps, 625 lines instead of NTSC's 60 fps, 525 lines). Any of you can provide me with an European //c+ or //gs with a 3.5" drive? Or even better, a //gs with its color monitor - in that case I don't need it to be PAL ;-) . Thank you in advance for your help :-) . Greetings, Antonio Rodr�guez (Grijan) <ftp://grijan.cjb.net:21000/> -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
