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- From: jelmore@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Elmore)
- Subject: Re: Upgrading Mac SE Floppy to High Density
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.183059.3439@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 18:30:59 GMT
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- In article <parkyn.721589656@sfu.ca> parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn) writes:
- >There may still be an upgrade kit from Apple as SE did have a SuperDrive
- >version.
- >
- >Another option is to contact Applied Engineering (214-241-6060).
- >Thier Plus drive is a 3.5" HD floppy that works with Plus, SE, and Mac II.
- >Claims DOS disk capability but you probably need Apple File Exchange or
- >other software that mounts DOS disks. Apple's PCExchange works well for me.
- >
- >Check in MacWorld or MacUser for a mailorder price (about US$300)
- >
- >Dale
- >parkyn@sfu.ca
- >
-
- Beware, though...most external SuperDrives expect you to have the internal
- ROMs necessary to recognize 1.4 meg disks...the only way you'll have them
- is if you get an internal SuperDrive first (as the upgrade requires
- replacing the old ROMs with the new ones.)
-
- Jay (=
-
- (who upgraded to an internal SuperDrive on my SE in January...)
-