Re: Apple External 3.5" drive

[jmk3@crux4.cit.cornell.edu (Jay Krell)]

dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:

>In article <3li6r0$6ld@crl3.crl.com>, Bruce Tomlin <btomlin@aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>> That's what I meant.  So is it possible to put a SWIM chip in a IIgs?

>No.  The SWIM chip requires a higher clock speed, not to mention
>changes to the firmware.  I've never seen any technical documentation
>on it, so I don't know the details.

I've read that it is at least pin compatible, but that's not enough
I guess. I'd imagine, but I'm rather hardware ignorant, that
a SWIM might work as an IWM if you swapped them.

The reference to their pin compatiblity even mentioned something
about the Disk ][ circuitry being in the SWIM. It was some
stack, about...6? years ago about the then on the price lists IIfx.

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