On 9/10/23 13:00, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > On Sun, 10 Sep 2023, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> Now, let's talk about 2.8" and 3.25" drives; UK readers are certainly >> familiar with 3.0 inch CF drives used on Amstrads. > > Amdek? sold a dual 3" drive in USA, marketed as external drives. > There were ads for it in one or more of the Coco magazines. > > And there were ads for it as external drives for Apple2! > Q: were those different electronics? OR did they include an FDC for > Apple2?
Can't say, but probably. I've got an 8" disk here written by an Apple II. Encoding is weird--basically the Apple RWTS encoded as 8 bit FM (3740) bytes. Haven't bothered to see from whence it came. --Chuck
