Re: Hardware question.

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>]

SlickRCBD wrote:
> 
> In article <3D5EAC45.EA7D06EC@intergate.ca>, Wayne Stewart
> <waynes@intergate.ca> wrote:

> > I'm afraid not. If your AE drive is like mine the drive mechanism itself
> > has
> > a 34 pin connector while Apple drive mechanisms use 20 pin connectors.
> >
> > What's the problem with the AE drive?
> >
> >         Wayne
> I don't know what's wrong with it, I just know that it won't read or write
> disks. As for a 34 pin connector, how is it that I can hook it up to the
> IIGS smart port (though now I'd be hooking it up to the PCT and leaving my
> superdrive connected to the card in slot 5)

Have you tried cleaning the heads? You may have already tried it but in
about 95% of the cases of people reporting reading and writing problems
head cleaning fixes it. 

When I was referring to a 34 pin and 20 pin connector I was talking
about 
the connector on the drive mechanism itself inside the plastic case. The 
drive mechanism connects to a small circuitboard. That circuitboard has
the 
daisychain port and the cable which goes to your computer.

If you only have one superdrive and have a regular IIgs 800k drive then
a 
good use for that SE/30 drive mechanism might be to upgrade the Apple
800k 
drive into a superdrive. Most of the superdrives I'm using are upgraded 
800k drives. 

	Wayne