Re: //c idea .......(BOOM, I hope not...)

[bchurch@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (Robert Church)]

In article <SKNKWRKS.93Apr14183025@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu> sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter) writes:
>In article <Apr14.233456.37239@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> jr251693@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (James Darrel Riddle) writes:

>>2.  The second is : Would it hurt the internal drive if the cable is 
>>    made longer and will it work??
>
>Assuming that the IIc's floppy-drive hardware isn't too different from
>the Disk II and other external 5.25" drives, you could get away with
>3 to 6 feet of ribbon cable easily...but you probably won't need
>anywhere near as much if you're sticking a IIc into an IBM-clone case.

I've swapped a Disk ][ for the internal drive on my //c before. You just
swap the connectors on the motherboard. It worked fine. On the other hand,
if the drive cable is plugged in or unplugged while the machine is on it
*will* fry the logic board. No boom, not even a little spark, just depressing.

Bob