Re: Apple External 3.5" drive

[btomlin@crl.com (Bruce Tomlin)]

David Empson (dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz) wrote in comp.sys.apple2:
>The Mac Plus 800k drive is missing an eject button, and the signal
>decoding logic is probably different - it doesn't handle all of the
>Apple II drive port signals properly.  It might also need a speed
>control signal from the computer, which is not supplied by an Apple II.

It is possible to make a IIgs 800k drive work on a Macintosh (I've done 
it) by bypassing the daisy-chain and manual-eject board and using a spare 
drive cable from a 400k drive.  (The drive's original cable just caused 
the drive to go into constant ejection whenever it was plugged in.)

But without the daisy chain and eject circuitry, you shouldn't be able to 
make a Macintosh drive work on a IIgs.  The IIgs needs more than just the 
bare drive.

(And no, you can't have my converted IIgs drive... I'm looking to find a 
cheap IIgs in a thrift store someday, and I already have a monitor, a
a floppy drive, and a couple of extra ADB mice.)