Re: Compatibility Problem?

[buggie@pegasus.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

On two occasions, I've had Laser 3.5 drives.   They have a nice feature
---- manual eject button.   So you can remove the disk even with power off
---- no paper clip needed!

I recall that it did not work on the IIC or on the IIgs, but it DID work
on the Laser Universal Disk Controller card (one of the finest cards ever
made!).

I do not recall the IIc or the IIgs being damaged by the connection to the
drive.  If the IWM chip had blown, that would have been a memorable
outcome!

Steve Buggie


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Tony Cianfaglione (ab616@chebucto.ns.ca) wrote:

:    I have a Laser 711 3.5" disk drive which is supposed to be 'Apple'
: compatible.  The question is IIGS/IIc+ or Macintosh?

:    Anyone familiar with this drive.  Hooking it to a MacPlus causes it to
: want to format all disks, even good ones; halfway through formatting, it
: ejects the disks and declares them bad even though they're good.

:    I didn't want to try hooking it to a GS for fear of blowing out
: something on the GS.

: Thanks...