Apple DuoDisk (was Re: Stacking Apple ][ stuff)

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat Dec 8 21:47:48 2001

--- SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 11/8/2001 5:06:19 AM Central Standard Time,
> foo_at_siconic.com writes:
> I do remember reading something of a faulty/out of spec component
> inside the duodisk that would cause some issues with the floppy drives
> but like I said, coming up 404 on it. Think I'll ask in comp.sys.....
> and find out for sure.

I'd like to hear more about this. I always used individual drives
(typically SA400 mechs) when I did Apple development. The IIe and
DuoDisk were too new and expensive for a low-budget shop like us
(but we did eventually support the //c _and_ the Apple mouse)

I have a DuoDisk but no cable. What pins were used? I think I _might_
have a cable that was sacrificed to the Amiga gods by having one of the
pins broken out of one end for use as a modem cable (since the Amiga puts
voltage on some of the pins). It was a stupid thing to do, but it was
more than 10 years ago when Apple stuff was underappreciated.

Anyone have an Apple part number for a DuoDisk cable? Will a 25-pin
straight-through work?

-ethan


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