Re: How to tell a SuperDrive???

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

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