Re: 3.5" drive/interface card question.

["Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com>]

"GarberStreet" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message 
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> Forty Two <FourtyTwo@NoAddress.invalid> wrote in message
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> : On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:34:04 -0500, Mark Percival <mark@syndicomm.com>
> : wrote:
> :
> : >Forty Two wrote:
> :
> : >To help you I need to know:
> : >
> : >a) What is the exact name of the card you have?  It should be printed 
> on
> : >the card. Apple did 2 different cards that supported 3.5" drives and
> there
> : >were also 3rd party cards.
> :
> : Yes, it says Apple Computer 'Liron'. There is IF-98 and 1-616--130-12
> : on the card
> :
> : >
> : >b) Which external 3.5" drives are you using?  The name and model number
> : >should be on the underside of the drive.
> : >
> :
> : I could not see a model number. It says Apple 3.5 Drive  Serial Number
> : S8BOPN2. There is a female plug on the back for daisy-chaining to
> : another drive.
> :
> : Thanks.
>
> It is exactly as I thought. You have a Liron drive and using
> incompatible Apple 3.5" drives. You need a UniDisk 3.5"
> drive for that card.  :o)  Consider my offer in previous post.
>
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Were there ever any third party unidisk drives produced? I have a IIe that 
dropped into the monitor when I had a Vtech 3.5" controller and a similar 
third party drive connected. I thought the board was toast, but now I'm not 
so sure. Have to re-examine things.

-Greg