Re: Apple UniDisk 3.5 vs. Apple 3.5

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <5c130d$1fq@news.wco.com>, Chet Gerhardt  <transit@wco.com> wrote:

>I saw another post suggesting the ability to swap a 800K platinum
>mechanism with a 800K unidisk mechanism and that they will work.  

You mean swapping the bare drive mechanism? Yep, a Sony 800K mech is an
800K mech, be it in a unidisk, grey 3.5, or internal in a Mac Plus. Real
simple to swap 'em around. I put a superdrive in one of my grey 3.5 enclosures
and turned it into an external superdrive even.

>I have made them work, but auto eject and the lights don't work, so in
>effect it ain't much use, much better to stick to the rules as outlined
>above.

Eh? I've swapped all kinds of mechs around and got it all to work.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
shack@frii.com