[Video] Apple II Storage: The ULTIMATE Timeline Deep-Dive (From Disk II to SuperDrive!)

[Retronaut]

Apple II Storage: The ULTIMATE Timeline Deep-Dive (From Disk II to SuperDrive!)
For two decades, the Apple II family was a home micro pioneer! This deep dive celebrates its legendary storage history: From the revolutionary Disk II system and the birth of micro-hard disks, through the essential UniDisk 5.25 era, all the way up to the high-density drives of the IIe and IIGS. We'll show you the crucial hardware, the controller cards required, and how these devices made the Apple II evolution a fun ride!

 

[Arbee]

The Apple II was frequently used back in the day to cross-develop for other 6502 machines like Commodore and Atari because it had better and faster mass storage options, as well as better assemblers.

 

[Tchucu]

The Apple II was frequently used back in the day to cross-develop for other 6502 machines like Commodore and Atari because it had better and faster mass storage options, as well as better assemblers.

I remember seeing the Jet Set Willy developer doing the same with some kind of Z80 based machine to dev on the ZX Spectrum. That rubber keyboard was certainly one to avoid.

Do you know if there was some kind of commercial dev kit that facilitated this?

 

[Arbee]

Yeah, I would not want to do any serious programming on that rubber keyboard!

I don't know of any commercial kits for cross-dev. From the interviews I've seen and heard, they used serial cables to transfer and test the results.