Re: 3.5" inch floppy drives on a //e?

[jchappel@tyrell.net (Jeanne Chappell)]

Louis Oliver <75247.2273@CompuServe.COM> writes:
   [snip]
>problem.  The main difference is in the Unidisk drive itself.  An 
>Apple 3.5 is a "dumb" drive, a Unidisk is not.  The later 
>controller addresses this issue accordingly for whichever drive 
>it detects.   The laser controll works fine (according) to a 
>friend of mine who used one) with the Apple 3.5, but as I said 
>already, not the Unidisk.  Hope this helps.

The Unidisk (smart drive) can be made into a dumb drive (unplug its brain *:)
Back when I had a //e and a Unidisk, my son would 'borrow' my Unidisk to use
on his Mac.  I don't know exactly what he did but I do know he could not   
put the case back onto the 'dumb' unidisk.  

  Jeanne

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