Re: Apple //c+ w/Apple HD20 hard drive

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <5h6guo$rkk$1@news.wco.com>, Chet Gerhardt  <transit@wco.com> wrote:

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>I might add that the 'HD 20' also does not work with the Apple II
>Superdrive Card (Several people have asked me about this application).

Gee, there must be some people who are really desperate to use one instead 
of getting a SCSI hard disk.

>The best use for the 'Apple HD 20's' is for the Pre Mac+ Macintoshes with
>only the floppy port to connect a HD to.  They have value in making an old
>Mac useful.  Please do not confuse the 'HD 20' with the Apple SCHD 20,
>they are not the same.....

Well they are useful on any Mac with a floppy port, just not as good as a 
SCSI drive. But system 7 did drop support somewhere down the line. When I got
mine, I first tried it on my SE/30 running 7.5.5. It didn't show up so I 
thought I had a lemon. Then I tried it on my 512e and it booted into 6.0.5 or
so pretty as you please.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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