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Re: Apple External 3.5" drive
In article <3li6r0$6ld@crl3.crl.com>, Bruce Tomlin <btomlin@aol.com> wrote:
> Jim Wong (jd-wong@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu) wrote in comp.sys.apple2:
> >An external SuperDrive should work just fine, even without a SWIM
> >chip. It will, of course, not be able to read (or write) high
> >density disks, though.
>
> That's what I meant. So is it possible to put a SWIM chip in a IIgs?
No. The SWIM chip requires a higher clock speed, not to mention
changes to the firmware. I've never seen any technical documentation
on it, so I don't know the details.
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