Re: UniDisk 3.5" on a //e

[m.kelsey@spam.eecs.wsu.edu]

In article <6r1gnu$n3o$2@opal.southwind.net>,
	shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford) writes:
> Mitchell Spector (spec@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:
> 
> 
> I wouldn't expect an external superdrive to be easier to find than a unidisk.
> When you consider how few were sold to Apple II users and how few Mac users
> could justify the cost back in those days ($350ish) when they had a floppy
> built into their boxes. Factor in how the external floppy port disappeared
> from Macs in '91 as well. I have two unidisks on hand but had to build my
> own external superdrive out of parts.

Randy,

	Assembling SuperDrive's in an external case is a cakewalk, but it
takes some parts.  First, find a GS external drive and an internal Macin-
tosh SuperDrive.  Pull the 800K mechanism and mount the 1.44MB mechanism
inside.  Viola.  You now have external SuperDrives at a fraction of the
cost.

	I happened to be lucky and got 2 5.25" and 3 GS 3.5" drives at a
University surplus auction for $5.  Finding the SuperDrives was just about
as easy as pulling drives from older Macintosh systems.

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