Re: How to tell a SuperDrive???

["Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>]

the clue to look for is that just inside the disk insertion slot on the
right hand side, underneath the metal diskette guide you will see either two
vertical pins (typically one green and one white) or a single chrome plated
lever of a microswitch. you may need a torch to see inside, and it is only
about 10mm inside and just below the level of the slot. if you see two pins
it is a 1.44 drive, and if only a single lever it is a 800K drive (or 400K).
you can do this without power to the drive and with the disk removed.

Mark


"David Empson" <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote in message
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> Phil Abel <phil_nospam_abel@prodigy.nospam.net> wrote:
>
> > Maybe they don't all work this way, but my SuperDrives all have an amber
> > drive activity LED and my 800k 3.5 drives all have a red LED.
>
> That was one of the clues I thought might have been a definite guide,
> but it isn't as clear cut as that.
>
> I don't recall where I got this information (probably a posting from
> someone else) but there are apparently late model 800K drives which also
> have a yellow activity LED, so you cannot use this to conclusively
> identify a SuperDrive.
>
> In addition, the LED is part of the drive enclosure - the mechanism
> might have been swapped, so the LED colour only indicates the most
> likely drive mechanism.
>
> --
> David Empson
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz