Specifications

The Apple IIGS
tries to start up
from a disk
in
rhe
5.25-inch
drive
first,
even if it is not
the
first drive in the chain.
If
the
Apple IIGS
doesn't find
a disk
in the
5.25-inch
drive,
it
tries
to start up
from the
first Apple
3.5
Drive
connected to
the
port
that coresponds
to
slot
5,
drive 1.
If
you
chain anApple
3.5Drive
and
a
UniDisk
3.5
Drive, the
Apple IIcs
Eies to start up
from
the disk
in
the
Apple
3.5
Drive.
If
the
Apple IIGS
can't
find
an
Apple
3.5
Drive,
it
will start up
from
a
UniDisk
3.5
Drive. It
will
not
try to sa$ up
from a UniDisk
3.5.
Appendix
B: Apple
5.25
Drive
specificotions
The
Apple
5.25
Drive is a
self-contained,
highly reliable data
storage
system
for Apple
II
computers.
It
uses a single-sided,
low-
profile,
5.25-inch
floppy-disk
drive.
The
drive
is equipped
with
its
own electronics that
process
the data signal and control
the disk
speed,
head positioning,
and other drive functions.
\flhen
removed from
the shipping container, the drive
is ready to be
plugged
into
a disk drive
port
or an
Apple
5.25
Drive controller
card and
used.
It requires no
special
preparation.
Forrnatted data
capacity
Datasurfaces
Datatransf,erralE
Diskrotadonal
speed
Tradssperzurfrce
Tradss per
inch(ITf)
Itfu
'nher
of rcadrtrrire heads
Qperatogkryeratur€
neJative
humidity
Veight
Case dirnerslons
143 kilobytes
per disk
1
250 kilobits
per
second
D9
rpn
35
48
1
10'C
to 40'C ambient
50'F
to 104'F ambient
2U/o
Lo
80/o
(noncondensing)
2.r7 kg(4.78Ib)
162vx 72Hx2o7Lmm
t8
Apple 5,25 Drive Owner's Gulde
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