Wmjmasonry

Q: Apple II hard drive

I am looking for a way to read an Apple II hard drive on a pc. (Or a Mac, if it's easier)

The drive was purchased from Resource Central and is a:


Quantum Prodrive LPS

105 Mb

SCSI interface

It is formatted w/ Prodos 8

 

The hd is fine, the enclosure keeps blowing the 2A fuses.  That's a problem for another day.

Even if I have to read it at the sector level, I could reconstruct the data. 

 

Thanks for any ideas,

Bill

Apple II, Other OS, Hard drive

Posted on Mar 17, 2015 1:56 PM

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  • by a brody,Helpful

    a brody a brody Mar 30, 2015 6:33 PM in response to Wmjmasonry
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    Mar 30, 2015 6:33 PM in response to Wmjmasonry

    The Mac LC supports Apple IIe card, which would allow you to copy information over to the Mac LC.   Getting ahold of both can be hard, but some Apple user groups may be able to help.

  • by JustSomeGuy,Solvedanswer

    JustSomeGuy JustSomeGuy Mar 30, 2015 6:58 PM in response to Wmjmasonry
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    Mar 30, 2015 6:58 PM in response to Wmjmasonry

    You'll want to load the drive in a different SCSI enclosure.  ProDOS can have at most 32MB partitions, so it may have a partition map on it with three or four partitions.  Once you've got it connected to a PC with a SCSI connection, a tool like CiderPress (http://a2ciderpress.com/) on the PC.  A Mac may be able to make a copy of the partitions directly using Disk Utility assuming you have a SCSI interface on the Mac.  But a SCSI interface and most likely a new enclosure is going to have to come first.  You can also explore commercial services like RetroFloppy to do the extraction for you.

  • by Wmjmasonry,

    Wmjmasonry Wmjmasonry Mar 30, 2015 6:58 PM in response to Wmjmasonry
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    Mar 30, 2015 6:58 PM in response to Wmjmasonry

    Thanks to both of you for taking the time.  Unfortunately, I am very far from any user groups (approx. 11 hrs) to get that kind of hardware.  I suspect it would've worked, though.

     

    JustSomeGuy, I had forgotten about the partition limit, and there are 4 partitions on the drive.  I was able to get the SCSI interface on the drive working, and rigged up some power.  When I get a compaitble SCSI on my pc, that CiderPress will be perfect for my needs.

     

    Thanks, Bill