Re: Chinon (Laser?) 3.5 800K external drive

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buggie@capella.unm.edu (stephen e buggie) wrote:

>CHINON 3.5 800K EXTERNAL DRIVE ----- what Apples can operate it?

Only with a UDC.

>In a batch of drives, I got an external 800K disk drive.  It resembles the
>Laser external 3.5 drive.   Looks nice.   Mechanism inside is by Chinon.

It is identical to the Laser drive.  Laser drives WERE Chinon drives,
basically Macintosh drives.  They ran on Macs, the Laser 128
series, and an Apple II with a UDC card.  They don't work on a GS
or IIc/IIc+ floppy port.

>What interface cards will run this drive???

The UDC or a Laser 128 series computer.  The 128EX/2 will run
it the fastest.

>Can it connect to the IIC drive port??

It won't work on a IIc.

>I have IIgs, Laser UDC card, Apple Liron IIe card, and OKS Multi-cache
>card.
>
>What will run this drive?   Will any cards be damaged by a test hook-up
>that proves incompatible???

It won't damage anything, most likely, but it will only work with the
Laser UDC.  It is a Macintosh compatible, GS non-compatible drive
except that it has an eject button.  Some models have a daisy chain
port (meant for Lasers or Laser UDC, not the Mac).