Re: 1.4M drive in a 800K case

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

> From what I understand, the Sony "2MB" drive from a Mac is *exactly*
> a Superdrive/FDHD, and you have now manufactured one from an Apple
> 3.5 Drive.  It will work functionally identically to a standard 800K drive
> when connected to an Apple II series machine through any controller
> _not_ a Superdrive controller.  When connected through a Superdrive
> controller, it will, naturally, operate as a Superdrive, with all of its
> capabilities.

I didn't actually try this, I only swapped the loading motor and realized
that the whole 1.4M drive looked identical to the 800K drive, except the
800K has the daisychain board. Oh, and I guess the 1.4M drive can see the
extra hole in the disk as Wayne mentions.

thanks for the tip Michael, I will swap the whole mechanism as this seems to
be the recommendation.

Mark