Re: Apple External 3.5" drive

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Chuck Plater (cplater@pass.wayne.edu) wrote:
: dreamer@ods.sol.net writes:
: :
: : Um, as far as I know they are the same drive, internally, so there
: : should be no problem.
: : 
: : Give what you would like to receive,
: : Glenn
: : Lord Wilderness
: This in not true.  The 800k Mac drive will only work on the GS if you
: have a UDC from Laser.  The mech. is the same in both drives, but there
: is added firmware in the platinum models that allow them to be used by
: the GS smartport.

The big difference is the daisychain card and eject button. You can't use >1
external drive on a Mac so drives specifically for them are simpler hardware 
wise.
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Randy Shackelford                                 I was internet
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