Re: Apple External 3.5" drive

[cplater@pass.wayne.edu (Chuck Plater)]

ag471@yfn.ysu.edu (Eric S. Ford) writes:
: 
: 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
Well, yes and no.  They will work, but you'd need a UDC (once made by
Laser) to use it.  They will not work in a smartport chain.
: by hooking it up?  Lastly, is the internal mechanism similar enough that its
: parts could be used to repair another GS 3.5" drive?
As far as I know they are the same mechanism, only the controller
changed (or had an added board) to allow the Apple II's to use them.
: 
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: Eric S. Ford	 	   "Time: it's what keeps history from
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