Re: Copying Mac MFS disks on an Apple II

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net> wrote in message
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> "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> > > "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote
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> > > > I was going to say that I just snagged one of those drives on eBay,
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> > Kool, then I have disks I can use on it. Let me answer part 2 in this
way.
> > Why do people want their Apple IIs online when they can get to all the
> > same places and more with a newer Mac or PC? To see if they can and
> > because it's fun. That is the Spirit of the Apple II, is it not?
> >
> Heh heh!   OK, that's a good answer.

I thought so. ;-)

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> > 1st part further, I thought I might be able to use it as a casing for my
> now
> > case-less UniDisk 3.5 drive. ;-)
> >
> I think the 400K mechanism is taller than 800K, so you might have trouble
> retrofitting your UniDisk 3.5.

That may be true, but that is where "lift blocks and bending tools"
come in. Where there's a Will"y", there's a way.

> BTW, what happens with the hardened grease is that the disk doesn't
> autoinject or autoeject-  It's a pain to clean, I think I used a
toothbrush
> (not mine, my wife's ;-) )  and worked the drive mechanism manually to
> gradually dissolve the hardened grease. It's in between sliding sheetmetal
> parts, so you can't get at it directly.

Kool, I am not alone. I used to use the wife's toothbrush to clean the lawn
mower, God I miss her. LMAO! Kind of like the 800k mechs, but they lift
up and you can get tools in there to scrape it off. I'll make it work or
throw
it out and use the case for something else. ;-)

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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Email - willy46pa@comcast.net



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