Re: Apple //c+ Disk Drive Repair

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Chris Morse wrote:

>Well, I've searched around for a used Mac SE or mac 800k drives that I
>can use with my Apple //c+.   Very little luck.
>
>Then it dawned on me!  I've got a couple of those extern 3.5" A9MO106
>drives here that I was going to use as externals.  Surely they are
>compatible!
>
>All it took was a screw driver and about 20 minutes to disassemble the
>//c+, the //c+'s internal 3.5" drive and the external 3.5" A9MO106
>drive, swap the actual drive mechanisms, re-plug-in everything, and
>screw the //c+ back up.  Threw away the bad drive and the A9MO106
>housing.

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I hope you didn't literally throw the housing away.  ;-(

In many parts of the world, drives are much more plentiful than
the housing.  It could be re-fitted with another 800K drive or with
a 1.4M "Superdisk" and be quite useful with the appropriate
controller.

-michael

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