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Re: 400k (?) drive

Subject: Re: 400k (?) drive
From: ranster@aol.com (Ranster)
Date: 1996/02/28
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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>>What you _can_ do is to remove the cable, and install the cable on a
Disk 
>>II or other flat-ribbon IDE-20 Apple II drive.

>Are you sure about that? I took one apart and found that the -12v pin has
>no connecting wire. If you have a clone drive that does not need -12v
>then it would work but genuine Apple Disk ][s need -12v to function.

I doubt it would work too. When a  buddy was helping me work on my Mac
Plus' floppy, he tried using a Disk II cable to connect it to the internal
 floppy connector. It didn't work, and the eject motor kept running
constantly. So I'd say the cables won't interchange.
--
Randy Shackelford               temporarily stuck in AOHell
ranster@aol.com

References:
- Re: 400k (?) drive
  - From: david@wraith.its.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson)

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