On Tuesday, December 6, 2005, at 02:41 PM, Warren 'Llama' Ernst wrote:
All,
OK, well, I did some more Googling, and found at least two documents
that say the two drives in question are different.
First, there's http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/drives.html
It says of the Unidisk 5.25" Drive (A9M0104) and Apple 5.25" Drive
(A9M0107):
"...From the outside, the Apple 5.25" drive appears to be a platinum
cased Unidisk 5.25" drive. This confusion is repeated in many Apple
technical documents.
Generally, the Unidisk 5.25" and Apple 5.25" drives are
interchangable. However the Unidisk version requires -12V and cannot
be used with the LC Apple IIe Workstation card."
Interesting. Then we go to
http://www.apple2.org/A2WebRef/A2Reference03.html
It says:
"...NOTE:The Apple //c+, the ROM 03 IIgs and//e Emulation card require
the Apple Platinum "AppleDisk 5.25" Drive. Model #A9M0107."
Combining the two sources, they suggest that the Rom03 GS requires a
5.25" drive that doesn't use -12V because the Workstation //e card and
the Rom03 GS don't send -12V through their ports.
This makes no sense to me at all.
So, can anyone here tell me if they are personally using a beige
Unidisk 5.25" Drive (A9M0104) on a Rom03 GS?
-Warr
Let's make things more confusing.
Where does the Apple 5.25" //c drive fit in to all this? What machines
will it work/not work on?
-Nat
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