Re: Apple External 3.5" drive

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Bruce Tomlin (btomlin@crl.com) wrote:

: 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.)

Uh, grey 3.5 drives work on Macs as-is. I had one from my IIgs connected to my
Mac Plus several times. The only difference is that the eject button is 
disabled and you can't use another drive plugged into the back.

I've seen the constant ejection thing, when I had my Plus cracked open and
tried to run a 3.5 connected to the internal connector with a Disk II cable.
It was scary.
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