Subj : Re: Apple IIe hardware
To   : dingo
From : Spectre
Date : Tue May 07 2024 06:38:00

 di> But FloppyEMU is useful for many other things, it can also act as a hard
 di> disk with the right card on an Apple IIe, and also on the IIgs and
 di> macintosh computers, I use it on many different computers for all kinds of
 di> purposes, worth every penny.

Smartport HD, if its all you've got... go for it, but not the fastest
solution. I had one before getting a mass storage solution, and of course
total replay came along afterwards.

 di> The best hardware add-on for Apple IIe, in my opinion, is the
 di> ReActiveMicro Drive/Turbo IDE Controller, $95, and the Phasor v1.0, $135
 di> (kit), and the replacement PSU board $70, though, I only did this one time
 di> so that I could have a spare board that I can recap at my leisure for the
 di> other apples. I think the "super serial card" is the best ebay purchase
 di> you can make, its better than using any kind of WIFI Modem and has
 di> multiple uses.

I can get on board with the MicroDrive Turbo... not sure about the phasor..
not much used it to any real extent just the MockingBoard comaptibility..
about half of its potential.  Spare PS makes some sense, have to say touch
wood I haven't had any PS failures.

The super serial card is kind of a no brainer if you want to connect a IIe to
anything,  you could hitch it to a Pi, use it as a Telnet pad. The old
WiModem or a printer.. not sure what else you'd be doing with it.  Haven't
looked for a long time, but they were priced pretty hiddeouusly there for a
while.

Spec


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