Re: Apple External 3.5" drive

[Cyrus Roton <croton@owens>]

On 17 Mar 1995, Eric S. Ford wrote:

>
> I recently responded to an offer to buy an Apple External 3.5" drive
> thinking it was the same as the device I have connected to my GS.  Imagine
> my reaction when I discovered it was not.  Instead it looks like a Mac
> drive.  Now, before I connect this thing to my GS, here's my question: will
> it work?  And, should I be concerned about potentially damaging my system
> by hooking it up?  Lastly, is the internal mechanism similar enough that its
> parts could be used to repair another GS 3.5" drive?
>
If the drive in question is an 800K drive for the Mac, there should be no
problem (as far as I know) in using it with the IIgs or with a IIe. My
3.5 drive on my IIe works fine on my Mac and on a friend's IIgs.

Actually, the drive I bought for my IIe turned out to be a 1.44Meg drive.
Since the IIe treats that as an 800K drive, I swapped it to my friend to
use on his IIgs. He gave me the 800K drive from his IIgs, which I can use
with IIe and Mac.

Cyrus Roton
croton@ridgecrest.ca.us