Re: 3.5" drive/interface card question.

["John Van Winkle" <appleiieman@charter.net>]

Well, I have to confess here, I hoard this stuff too.  Not in large volumes,
just one good device and a spare.  Would that be considered
hoarding....<grin>  ?


"Forty Two" <FourtyTwo@NoAddress.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:30:34 GMT, "Craig Bower"
> <to.email.me@post.a.request.message> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >Bill's offer is a reasonable price - $25+shipping, seen as I just
recently
> >purchased a pair of "Superdrives"  (much more common than a Unidisk
> >3.5" drive) for $24 each.
> >
>
> Thanks for the responses guys, you have been very helpful. I am taking
> Bills kind offer on the drive and will hopefully be in business soon.
>
> I bought the interface card separate from the drives, so any mistakes
> were on my part. :-)  There WAS a disk in one of the two drive (bought
> both individually).  which popped out OK when I poked a paper clip in
> the little hole in the eject button. It was marked "AppleWorks Program
> Disk". Maybe I got a freebee there.
>
> Interesting that two of the items I have purchased recently off eBay
> have tags with the name of some school or other. Apparently these old
> school Apple computers are now providing a source of equipment for us
> hobbyists. I find I have a desire to 'hoard' items, knowing that they
> will never be made again.
>