Axlon Ramdisk 320 ???

[Joe R.]

At 12:05 PM 9/27/04 -0700, you wrote:
>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.

    That would be my guess as well. I'm hoping the Apple will show up in a
later lot. It's surprising how often that happens.  BTW this same lot
contained another Dynamic Sciences unit that works with the R-1250 radio
that I found a couple of months ago. I've fired up the radio and it works
like gangbusters!  The sensativity and selectivity are unbelievable!

    Joe

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