Re: Mac Plus external HD on //c?

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman) wrote:

>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.

He, no offense, sheesh!

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.

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).