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

[cd@pobox.com (Carlos Duarte Chester)]

Phil Beesley <pb14@le.ac.uk> wrote in message news:<pb14-030420031659540234@mac180.cc.le.ac.uk>...

> 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.

I thought this board was just to make up for the differences between
Macs and Apple IIs, since my drive's eject button seems to be not
software-related (it works even with the drive unplugged, just as a PC
one). But you are probably right, there must be something there that I
would need.

> 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.

Now *that* is a great idea ! :-) Didn't think of that before. I'll
check eBay. Thank you very much !

(P.S.: is there anyone willing to ship the stripped case to Brazil, or
anyone know the weight/cost ?)

[]s,
  Chester