Re: Replacement floppy drive??

["Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org>]

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The drive needed for the Quadra 950 is an auto-eject drive, used on the Mac
SE FDHD, SE/30, and later models. If you see a disk drive with a black disk
shutter, don't get it because that's a manual inject model, and it's made
for the Mac Quadra series and later models. Also, don't get the drive that
came with the Macintosh 128, 512, Plus, or II because those were low-density
drives. Another name for the drive you're looking for is "SuperDrive",
however it's unfortunate that Apple re-used this term and now references the
CDRW drives that are now shipping with the iMac and G4's.

--- Bryan


"Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill" <bwinmill@unsympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:R7SP9.605$8M3.197332@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
> I need to replace a failed internal floppy drive for a Quadra 950.  I
> have seen the Disk ][ on ePay but do not know if they are created the
> same.  Is there a certain type of floppy I need to look for?  Are there
> floppies that definately will not go into a Quadra 950?  I don't see any
> listed on ePay that specifically say Quadra 950.
>
> Thanks,
> Byron.
>
> Simon Williams <DON'Temail@luddite.ca> wrote:
> > If you ask here, they will tell you to put in a 5.25" drive ;-)
>
> As long as they give me instructions.  ;-)