Re: Mac Plus external HD on //c?

[louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman)]

In <19990713224927.09636.00010985@ng-fg1.aol.com>, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes:
>louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman) wrote:
>
>>supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes:

>>>For me, I like to hack cases and peripherals.  If such a Mac drive
>>>ever comes into my posession, I WILL convert it to SCSI.  ;-)  Maybe
>>>even put a speaker in it and turn it into a bookshelf speaker case.
>>>Forget the Mac users!
>>
>>Hey, whatever turns you on.  But your planned conversion is kind of like
>>getting a Rolls-Royce, chopping off the radiator, and calling it a Volkswagen.
>>
>>You can convert the drive to SCSI, USB, speakers, or an aquarium, that is
>>your business.  Live and let live, I say.  But you are cuckoo.  If you have
>>any spare $100 bills you were plannning to convert to singles by cutting off
>>the zeroes, let me know, I will give you $10 a piece.
>
>He, no offense, sheesh!

None taken.  I was just trying to be funny, not abusive.  "Don't know my own
strenth" (Bullwinkle).
>
>I suppose that "speaker case" comment was uncalled for.  Just an
>irrational response to all the anti-Apple II snickers I got from Mac 512
>users back when I was still a loyal 8-bit II user.

Yeah, it is silly how parochial computer users become.
>
>Still, I applaud Dr. Buggie for his efforts.  After all, it is not like an
>EPROM swap is a permanent modification.  Simply have one chip
>for the IIc and one chip for the Mac.  What is so bad about that?
>Again, hard drives are even rarer on the IIc, so a IIc EPROM would
>be a major service to users.  It would also work on Laser 128 models
>(although I suspect Laser users would rather try a Focus drive on
>their single slot).

Well, if anyone is serious about undertaking this project, I can get these
drives, but they are not cheap.

Louis