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Re: PC Transporter and Drives
- Subject: Re: PC Transporter and Drives
- From: "Henry Broekhuyse" <broekh@unixg.ubc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 05:26:49 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- References: <93affp$uti$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <FN466.75742$Z33.6994601@news0.telusplanet.net> <93b4be$ffv$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <fTl66.50895$xW4.406743@news-server.bigpond.net.au> <93dhdt$fl0$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <3a5a4f9c$1@news.uow.edu.au> <93jchp$748$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
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Bart <pilgrimer@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:93jchp$748$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
>
>
> > You mean the way Apple used a DB-25 (formerly RS-232 +/-12V) for its
> > SCSI connector (0-5V) :-) [IBM did the same with its parallel port].
> >
> Guys Guys! Power plugs aside and other considerations to the wind WHAT
> I ASKED: will the HD20: the early Mac vintage hard drive designed to
> work on a floppy port fry a PCTransporter's floppy port the way a 3.5
> Unidisk will?
Well, I cannot guarantee you that burned-out circuitry will result if you
try this (in case that is what you want to know). However, I can guarantee
you that the PCTransporter will not work with the HD20, so you do not need
to risk the life of either device trying to find out.