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09.014 Recently I picked up two 3.5" drives at a swap meet-- a Uni-disk and a Laser 128 drive. I've tried cleaning the heads; but, neither works with my IIc. What's the problem?
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This article is from the Apple II Csa2 FAQ, by Jeff Hurlburt with numerous contributions by others.
09.014 Recently I picked up two 3.5" drives at a swap meet-- a Uni-disk and a Laser 128 drive. I've tried cleaning the heads; but, neither works with my IIc. What's the problem?
The 3.5 unidisk won't work on the earlier IIc unless the IIc has had a ROM
upgrade. The Laser 3.5 is actually a Macintosh drive with the addition of an
eject button. It isn't compatible with any Apple II unless it has a special
controller card, which of course a IIc doesn't.
By: Stephen Buggie
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