Re: AE 3.5 drive and other non-Sony 3.5 mechanisms

["Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@es.co.nz>]

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In article <8hbd0o$n0k$5@lynx.unm.edu>, buggie@musca.unm.edu (stephen e
buggie) wrote:

>                NON-SONY 3.5 DRIVES FOR IIGS
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>I have a platinum 3.5 drive and an AE 3.5 drive connected to my flagship
>Rom 3 IIgs, and they both work perfectly.  Recently, I got two other
>non-branded 3.5 drives that appear to have the same "guts" as the AE
>drive.  The AE drive is special because of its red/green LED that shows
>writing vs. reading.
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>This mechanism differs from the Sony drive used in all 3.5
>Apples"  lighweight, unique sound on eject, slower disk eject rate, manual
>nonmotorised intake of disk.   But it works just as well as the Sony
>drives.   Does anyone have impressions of this distinctive 3.5 drive
>mechanism?   Have never looked inside the case because these drives have
>never needed cleaning or other maintenance!

Interesting, I've never seen an AE 3.5 drive, but the ads they put in A+
claimed they used the same Sony mechanism that Apple did. Were they lying or
did they change it at some point?


Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws
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