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- From: trimper@edsi.plexus.COM (Greg Trimper)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
- Subject: Re: High Density floppy drive in a Mac II?
- Keywords: Doesn't work right...
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.184349.21307@edsi.plexus.COM>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 18:43:49 GMT
- Article-I.D.: edsi.1992Aug26.184349.21307
- References: <18745@bunny.GTE.COM> <1992Aug25.153331.26181@riacs.edu>
- Organization: Enterprise Data Systems Incorporated, Appleton WI
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- owen@olympus.arc.nasa.gov..arc.nasa.gov (Owen S. Nishioka) writes:
-
- >>and would like to install a High Density drive in it. When we put the HD
- >>drive in, it refuses to read HD disks. It has a Rev A motherboard in it,
- >>so I'm assuming we need a ROM upgrade, right? Or is there some other
- >>way we can get the drive to work correctly? If not, any idea how much
- >>an upgrade should/will cost? Thanks!!!!
-
- >In order to use a SuperDrive in a Mac II one would have to purchase a
- >ROM upgrade. With the upgrade, one would get Mac IIx ROMs and the SWIM
- :
- >Another alternative if all you want is HD Ability, would be to look
- >into Applied Engineerings Plus Drives or (Dayna?? There's at least one other
- >company). Both drives are HighDensity Mac drives capable of reading IBM
- >disks without the ROM upgrade.
-
- Only problem with the AE drive being that it is an EXTERNAL floppy drive,
- and the Mac II does not have a floppy drive port. And I am not confident
- you could effectively mount their mech inside a Mac II AND get the cabling
- right, with any ease.
-
- Greg Trimper trimper@edsi.plexus.com
-