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UDC
Card User's Guide
WHAT
IS
INSIDE
?
Before you
start
to
workwith your
UDC
Card, check
that
you've got
the
following items :
•
•
•
•
•
UDCcard
Copy
II
Plus®
bundle
Owner's registration card
90-day limited warranty
card
This user's
manual
If
any
of
the
above is missing, please consult your dealer.
WHATISTHEUDCCARD?
The
UDC
(for Universal Disk Controller) card is a versatile floppy disk
controller
that
works with
the
following computers :
•
LASER
128®
•
LASER
128EX®
•
LASER
128EX/2™
•
APPLE®
II+
•
APPLE
Ile®
•
APPLE
IIGS®
If
you
are
usingyour
UDC
card
with
the
LASER
128series computers,you
will also
need
an
expansion box which can provide extra power
and
shieldingfor your peripheralcards. Consultyour dealer for availability
of
the
expansion box.
Besides traditional 5.25" drives (143K),
the
UDC
card
also supports
the
larger capacity
3.5"
drives
(SOOK).
Up
to
a maximum
of
four disk drives
(two5.25" drives + two 3.5" drives) can
be
hooked
up
with
the
UDC
card.
The
types
of
disk drives supported by the
UDC
card
include :
•
LASER
FD-lOOc 5.25" drive
•
LASER
FD-356
3.5"
drive
•
LASER
FD-356DC
3.5"
daisy-chain drive
•
APPLE
5.25 daisy-chain drive
•
APPLE
3.5 daisy-chain drive
UDC
Card User's Guide 2
The
UDC
card
is automaticallyrecognizedbyProDOS®as ablockstorage
device
and
hence requires
no
special disk-based software drivers.
INSTALLING
THE
UDC CARD
Installation
of
the
UDC
cardissimple
and
shouldtakeonlya few minutes.
Read
the
following paragraphscarefully
and
follow
the
instructionsstepby
step.
• First
of
all, turn
OFF
your computer
(and
the expansionboxifyou
are
using the
LASER
128 series computers).
WARNING:
Do
not
plug or unpluganyperipheral card while
your
computeris on, Otherwise, yourcomputer
and/or
the
peripheral card
may
be damaged.
ell
If
you
are
using
the
LASER
128 series computers, plug the expansion
box
into
the
50-way expansion connector
on
the
left side
of
your
computer, following
the
instructions
in
the user's
manual
that
comes
with
the
expansion box.
Then
plug
the
UDC
card into the slot inside
the
expansion
box
which
corresponds
to
port
5
of
the computer. Set
the
"INTERNAL/EX-
TERNAL
PORT
5"
switch inside the
ROM
door
on
the
bottom
of
the
computer
to
"EXTERNAL"
(refer
to
computer's user's
manual
for
more
information
on
this switch).
Note: The built-in expansion
RAM
interface atport 5
of
the com-
puter
must
be disabled when the UDC card is in use. This is
necessarybecause each
I/O
porlcan only supportone device
ata
time.
If
you
are
using
an
APPLE
II+
/Ile
/IIGS,
just
plug
the
UDC
cardinto
any
of
the
peripheral expansion slots (preferably slot 5) located
at
the
rear
end
of
the
motherboard.
The
cardwill onlyfit
in
one
direction
and
so
you
don't
have
to
worryabout inserting
the
card
in thewrongorien-
tation.
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