Re: Internal Mac Floppy Drive on IIGS - cable pinout ?

[Phil Beesley <pb14@le.ac.uk>]

In article <22361ee0.0303300325.3d9d1ab4@posting.google.com>, Carlos
Duarte  Chester <cd@pobox.com> wrote:

> I was able to find the pinouts for both the IIGS connector and the
> internal Mac floppy drive
> (http://www.bme.unc.edu/~hope/linx/mac/pinouts.html#intflop and
> several other places). However, I am not sure about how to build a
> cable that would support boht my current 5.25 drive (a MicroSCI 5.25
> with 19-pin plug but no daisy-chain connector) and this Mac drive.

The Apple 3.5" 800K drive case contains an extra board (very small)
that controls how the drive behaves when the disk eject button is
pressed. You will need to make something that simulates this board.
I've not seen the schematics for this board posted anywhere but perhaps
somebody has made them.

Perhaps also somebody could sell you a stripped Apple 3.5" 800K drive
case with eject control board and cable. This would be a lot lighter to
ship than a complete mechanism.

Phil