Re: How to tell a SuperDrive???

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

Ok, here goes. The 800k drives usually have small lever
switches on the left and right just in the front. Look closely,
you'll see them slightly below the slot where you insert the
disk. Now, the 1.44 or ( 2 mb ) mechanisms use optics,
these appear as tiny white vertical pins where the levers
would be in the 800k mechanisms. Same location. Use a
high powered beam penlight and you'll see them. Other than
this, they are identical. The only other way you can see for
sure is to open the case and on the underside of the disk
spinner is a label. Most Sony drives will say "2 mb" right on
them. I hope this has helped.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com

Terry & Utahna <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:wKsha.255522$L1.72888@sccrnsc02...
> How can I tell if a drive is a SuperDrive?  I picked up an Apple 3.5"
drive
> from Salvation Army.  It looks just like an 800K drive to me.  But it has
a
> hand-written sticker on the front that says "1.44MB SuperDrive".  I don't
> have a SuperDrive controller card so I can't verify that it actually is a
> SuperDrive.  The sticker on the bottom just says "Apple 3.5 Drive".
>



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