Axlon Ramdisk 320 ???

From: Joe R. <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Mon Sep 27 17:25:14 2004

At 06:10 AM 9/27/04 -0700, Sellam Ismail wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Mike Ford wrote:
>
>> At 04:01 PM 9/23/04 -0400, Joe R. wrote:
>> > I found this this morning. Anybody know anything about it? I found an
>> >Apple Disk II external full height 5 1/4 disk drive in the same lot and
>> >this is the same style, size and color so I'm guessing that it might be
>> >made for use with an Apple II. However it does have one important
>> >difference, it uses a 34 pin ribbon cable instead of the 20 pin like the
>> >Apple drive does so it definitely uses a different interface.
>> >
>> > Joe
>>
>> Its a battery backed 400k ram that emulates a floppy drive (actually 2 x
>> 160K). I bought mine new a few years ago, sigh ala 1970's, and it must have
>> been prior to the Sider hard drives otherwise why would I have bought it
>> (could be faster). It was really fast, but I don't recall any special card.
>
>So then where on the Apple ][ would you connect a 34-pin ribbon cable to?

   It MAY not be for an Apple. That was just a guess since it closely
matches the Apple II drive and there was one in the basket with it.

   Joe


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Received on Mon Sep 27 2004 - 17:25:14 BST