Questions tagged [disk-ii]
for questions about Apple's Disk II Floppy Disk Subsystem
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Apple ][ nibble disk format specification
Is there an official specification for .nib format disks for the Apple? I'm currently debugging through a CP/M boot disk for a Cirtech //e Z80 which works fine on real hardware but fails in an ...
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What was the cost difference between single and double sided 5.25" floppy drives?
5.25" floppy disk drives for 8-bit computers were by and large single-sided, but the IBM PC used double-sided drives. It would be tempting to explain this by saying, well of course the double-...
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How specific was the Apple II floppy disk controller?
One of Wozniak's greatest inventions was the Apple II floppy disk controller, which allowed Apple to avoid going the Atari/Commodore route of making each disk drive a computer in its own right; ...
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How many versions of DOS were there for the Apple II and what were the differences?
DOS 3.3 was the most common before ProDOS. How did it differ to DOS 3.2 and what versions were there before that?
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