Re: Mac Plus external HD on //c?

[louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman)]

In <19990713211209.15238.00003265@ng-fz1.aol.com>, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) writes:
>louiss@gate.net   (Louis Schulman) wrote:
>>
>>Well, this makes no sense.  The HD20 (non-scsi) is pretty rare, so very few
>>people could benefit by this hack.  Further, the HD20 is very valuable and
>>collectible, since it is the only hard drive that will work with a Mac 128
>>or 512, and it also works well with the Mac Plus.
>>
>>So if you have one, and don't have one of these Macs, why don't you just sell
>>it and be done with it?  Let it go to its proper use (btw, it also matches
>>the case on these computers.)  If you need a hard drive with a II, there are
>>plenty of options for a //e or IIGS.
>
>But IIc drives are even rarer (IIe and IIGS drives require slots).  I say it
>is the law of the jungle.  Mac users have screwed us over enough.  If
>Dr. Buggie can find a way to turn Mac drives into IIc drives, more power
>to him.  Long live Apple IIc!
>
>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.

Louis