Re: HELP!! What is This Thing I Bought?????

[dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

In article <4f3o55$9ju@cello.gina.calstate.edu>,
LA County Outdoor Science School <lacoss@cello.gina.calstate.edu> wrote:
> Garth Beagle <dalecoop@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> > 
> > I bought an external 5.25" drive today that was made by Apple. 
> > It has a 37 pin connector and it is labeled on the bottom: 
> > "Apple PC 5.25 Drive"  There isn't a power connector anywhere, 
> > so I assume it gets it's power through the 37 pin connector.  
> > There is also one of those security slots on the back like the 
> > Mac Classics have.  If anyone knows what this drive is for, 
> > please post here and email me....  
> 
> This is a drive used to read IBM formatted 5.25 disks on a Mac.

Only 360K disks, I think.

> It plugs into an interface card that I think only works on the SE,
> but I could be wrong.

There were two interface cards: one for the SE and a NuBus card that
works in any Mac with a NuBus slot (Mac II series, mainly).
-- 
David Empson
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