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<h1>CiderPress Hardware Compatibility</h1>
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<p>CiderPress can access floppy disks, CD-ROMs, CF cards, hard drives, and other
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devices. Whether or not it can do so on your system depends on the
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specific set of devices you have and what version of Windows you're running.</p>
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<p><strong>Most of this no longer applies</strong> and is only retained for
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historical reasons. Under Win2K and later, devices generally just work.</p>
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<p> <a href="index.htm">Return to main page</a>.</p>
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<h3>General Rules</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>3.5" floppy disks
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<ul>
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<li>Requires a 3.5" floppy drive in your PC. Works under both
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Win98/ME and Win2K/XP.</li>
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<li>Only 720KB and 1.4MB PC-format floppy disks are supported.
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Apple-format 800KB and 1.6MB disks are not, due to hardware
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differences. Apple-format 140K 5.25" disks are not supported
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either.</li>
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</li>
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<li>CompactFlash (CF) cards
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<ul>
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<li>Requires a CF card reader.</li>
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<li>Your ability to read CF cards in CiderPress depends upon your exact
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model of reader and which operating system you're running. Check
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the compatibility list, below.</li>
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<li>Cards can use CFFA fixed-partition format or the custom partitioning
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from SHH Systeme's MicroDrive system.</li>
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<li>CiderPress does not
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currently provide formatting or partitioning facilities. You must
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prepare the card on the Apple II.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>CD-ROMs
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<ul>
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<li>Requires a CD-ROM drive. Internal SCSI and IDE drives have been
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tested successfully under Win98/ME and Win2K/XP. External USB
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CD-ROM drives may not work.</li>
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<li>Works for Macintosh-partitioned CD-ROMs.</li>
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<li>CiderPress does not record discs.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Hard drives
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<ul>
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<li>Requires an appropriate interface to connect the hard drive, e.g. you
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need a SCSI adapter in your PC to read a SCSI hard drive.</li>
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<li>Under Win2K/XP, the device must be recognized by the BIOS (SCSI or
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IDE; FireWire might work but has not been tested).</li>
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<li>Under Win98/ME, it must be recognized by ASPI (usually SCSI
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only). See Win98/ME notes below.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>ZIP drives
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<ul>
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<li>ZIP disks have been used successfully. Make sure you partition
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the disk, e.g. with ADU or RamFAST utilities on the Apple II. If
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you insert a blank disk in a IIgs, and let the Finder format it as a
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simple ProDOS volume, the disk won't work if you eject and re-insert it.</li>
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<li>You may need drivers to use a ZIP drive on a PC. SCSI drives
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will probably work without them.</li>
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<li>Parallel-port ZIP drives do not work well with CiderPress under
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Win9x/ME. You can read from them, but writing fails.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Other devices
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<ul>
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<li>Insite SCSI "floptical" drives, made popular on the Apple II by
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Tulin, have been successfully tested under Win98 and Win2K. No
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additional drivers needed on the PC.</li>
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<li>Tape drives are not supported.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Win2K/XP
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<ul>
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<li>You need "administrator" privileges to access devices other
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than floppy disk drives. This is a general OS limitation on
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low-level access to devices.</li>
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</li>
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<li>Win98/ME
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<ul>
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<li>Access to CD-ROM drives and hard drives is limited to what your ASPI
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layer is capable of handling. "ASPI" is an acronym for
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Advanced SCSI Programming Interface, and provides a layer between
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applications and SCSI devices. It also provides an interface for
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IDE CD-ROM drives, and may work for other devices depending on which
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ASPI implementation you have.</li>
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<li>Microsoft provides a generic ASPI layer that is commonly replaced when
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CD recording software is installed. Adaptec/Roxio provides one
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implementation, Ahead's Nero provides another. All of these will
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work just fine with CD-ROM drives, but access to other devices may be
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affected by the currently installed version.</li>
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<li>Your SCSI card must be ASPI-compliant. Nearly all cards
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are. Adaptec 2940-series cards have been tested, as have some
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older Symbios/LSI Logic cards (e.g. Diamond FirePort).</li>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>As the saying goes, "your mileage may vary". The only way to
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know for certain if something will work is to try it and see.</p>
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<h3>CompactFlash Card Reader Compatibility List</h3>
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<table border="1" width="100%">
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<td width="33%"><b>Device</b></td>
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<td width="33%"><b>Win2K/XP</b></td>
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<td width="34%"><b>Win98/ME</b></td>
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</tr>
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<td width="33%">Lexar Universal Card Reader (USB, model #GS-UFD-20SA-TP)</td>
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<td width="33%"><font color="#008000">Works</font>. Card size in Open
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Volume dialog is way off.</td>
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<td width="34%"><font color="#FF0000">Does not work</font>.</td>
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</tr>
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<td width="33%">SanDisk ImageMate SDDR-31</td>
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<td width="33%"><font color="#008000">Works</font>.</td>
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<td width="34%"><font color="#000080">Partially working</font>. Data
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can be read, but writes only pretend to succeed.</td>
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<td width="33%">ETI card reader (USB, model # unknown)</td>
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<td width="33%">(not tested)</td>
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<td width="34%"><font color="#000080">Partially working</font>. Data
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can be read, but writes fail.</td>
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<td width="33%">SanDisk 6-in-1 reader</td>
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<td width="33%"><font color="#008000">Works</font>.</td>
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<td width="34%">(not tested)</td>
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<td width="33%">IBM PCMCIA card adapter</td>
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<td width="33%"><font color="#008000">Works</font><font color="#000080">.</font></td>
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<td width="34%">(not tested)</td>
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<td width="33%">SanDisk CompactFlash PC Card Adapter (model #SDAD-38-A10)</td>
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<td width="33%"><font color="#008000">Works</font><font color="#000080">.</font></td>
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<td width="34%">(not tested)</td>
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</table>
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<p>One common problem in Win98 is refusal by the CF reader driver to allow
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access to unrecognized logical volumes ("logical volumes" are lettered
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drives, like "C:"). In such cases, the card will not even show
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up in the logical volume list. Win2K and WinXP are usually better about
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this.</p>
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<p>Depending on your hardware and software configuration, you may be able to
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open your card reader by name (e.g. "SanDisk Imagemate II Direct-access
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device"), rather than drive letter. In this case
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you're actually using the ASPI layer to access the device, which is a little
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strange since CF card readers aren't SCSI and don't work like CD-ROM
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drives. This does appear to work for reading, but fails for writing.
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Depending on which ASPI implementation you have installed, writes may be
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rejected or may appear to succeed but not actually go through.</p>
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<p>Thus far, no fully-functioning CF configuration for Win98/ME has been found.</p>
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