Re: 2E - 3.5" drive question

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Mark Percival <mark.REMOVE.percival@videotron.ca> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> 
> >The SuperDrive may be inconsistent.  Mine says "Apple SuperDrive", and
> >has "Family number G7287" on its label.  The SuperDrive looks exactly
> >the same as the Apple 3.5 Drive.
> 
> As far as I can tell there were two different high density 3.5 drives
> produced by Apple that worked on the Apple II series.

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It sounds like I have the second variation, going by your descriptions
(yellow LED, "Apple SuperDrive", no "FDHD" mentioned anywhere).

There is one point you may have missed, however: I believe that late
Apple 3.5 Drives also had a yellow LED.  (I haven't seen one, but this
was pointed out here when I mentioned that I thought the yellow LED
might be a distinguishing characteristic of the SuperDrive.)

It seems that Apple switched from red to yellow LEDs somewhere between
1988 and 1991, and may have done it for all external drives.

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David Empson
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