Re: Macintosh freezes when copying files to ProDOS diskette

[Luis de Santos <desantos@cfl.rr.nospam.com>]

Thanks.  I have both types of drives, as I have an LCIII and a G3, and
I tell you, the difference is quite subtle.

Now, in terms of functionality (with ProDOS), isn't there a reason why
the auto-inject drives are better, or is there no difference.

On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 03:14:47 GMT, Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet>
wrote:

>
>
>Luis de Santos wrote:
>> Please explain the difference between the auto-inject floppies and the
>> newer ones.  How would I know which is which?
>
>The Auto-inject drives grab your floppy and pull it the last 1/4 inch
>in. With the manual-inject drives you have to push the disks all the way
>in. This may not be to obvious but you should be able to see it if you
>insert the disk very slowly. The manual inject drives should also have a
>door but I've seen a few where they were broken off.
>
>The Macs that came with auto-inject 1.4mb drives were the
>
>SE FDHD
>SE/30
>Classic
>Classic II
>Color Classic
>Color Classic II
>IIx
>IIcx
>IIci
>IIsi
>IIvi
>IIvx
>IIfx
>LC
>LCII
>LCIII
>LCIII+
>LC520
>LC550
>PERFORMA 200, 250, 275, 400, 405, 410, 430, 450, 460, 466, 467,
>520, 550, 560, 600
>Centris or Quadra 610, 650, 660, 700, 800, 900, 950
>
>The Quara 840 came with either
>
>Hope I disn't miss any
>
>Wayne