On Mon, 27 Sep 2004, Joe R. wrote:
> 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.
Given the circumstances, my guess is that it *is* for an Apple ][ (I've
got devices that match the general description), and that the adapter card
that it used to connect to is still in the Apple ][ that this used to
serve.
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Received on Mon Sep 27 2004 - 14:05:33 BST