Re: DuoDisk 5.25" Drive: questions

[ralphp@prysm.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

In article <4hl40f$59h@lynx.unm.edu>, buggie@musca.unm.edu (stephen e
buggie) wrote:

> My first drive was a flaky Duodisk that kept wrecking directory files.   
> I ended up swapping it for a working Disk II drive.
> 
> Does anyone know whether two Apple 5.25" drive mechanisms could be 
> installed inside the Duodisk housing?  Seems like they could be 
> daisy-chained at the rear....

        The MECHANISMS are IDENTICAL, save for the door (only color) and
possibly the faceplate (color again.)  The ANALOG board is different, but
basically the Drive 5.25 was descended from the DuoDISK drive.
> 
> 
> Also, suppose that you have a bad DuoDisk.  The hardware bug is in the 
> analog board, correct?  Could the lower half (mechanical) portion of the 
> two drives be used successfully in a platinum 5.25" drive (single unit) 
> housing????  If not, then why not????
> 
> Steve Buggie            buggie@unm.edu

        Well, since Apple ended up with only one part number for the
mechanical, of COURSE it's very possible.

        RwP