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What Card is Needed to Drive the DuoDisk

Posted by: CompactMacLover on 2011-03-25 11:36:39 I was cleaning out the closet this afternoon and found a DuoDisk Drive. What controller card is needed to drive this?? I got a rough Apple IIe, missing keys and such, and Apple III Monitor and now the duo disk to go along with it

Posted by: david__schmidt on 2011-03-25 13:51:35 You need a new-style Disk II controller card with the 19-pin D-shell cable. The ones I have are labeled "Apple 5.25 Drive Controller 655-0101." See: http://www.vintagemacworld.com/drives.html

Posted by: applefreak on 2011-03-26 12:32:31 8 bit Apple II Expansion UniDisk /DuoDisk 5.25 controller

Posted by: AlanG on 2022-08-14 15:21:01 For anyone coming across this thread years later, there is a new option: the Big Mess O' Wires Yellowstone card. To drive a DuoDisk, you will also need the optional DB-19F adapter. I purchased the Yellowstone Everything Bundle and I was able to drive my DuoDisk off of it. I was also able to drive an Apple 5.25" Drive off of it, just not at the same time as the DuoDisk. Details at: BMoW Yellowstone Replacement Universal Disk Controller Card

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