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1.4M drive in a 800K case
- Subject: 1.4M drive in a 800K case
- From: "Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>
- Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 23:42:16 +1000
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: CWO Customer - reports relating to abuse should be sent to abuse@cwo.net.au
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Today I repaired an 800K Apple 3.5 Drive which needed a loading motor assy.
I stole one from a spare 1.4M HD drive from a Mac. It worked.
Half way through the job, the penny dropped, and I thought why don't I just
swap the whole mechanism instead of just the load motor assy.
So why shouldn't I ?
Will it work exactly like the 800K drive, or is there some difference with
the R/W heads or magnetic strength ?
Has anyone done this ?
Are there any advantages/disadvantages ?
BTW I have heard that you can use a FDHD drive on the GS smartport, but it
will only work as an 800K drive, so that's what made me think of the
problems using HD floppys in DD drives.
Mark