IWM was the Integrated Wozniak Machine, which was for its time a pretty nice piece of engineering. A Floppy Controller on a chip. It was what did the 800k drives.
Then along came the SWIM chip, a Super Wozniak Integrated Machine, which was what we all know and love for the FDHD/Superdrive. It showed up in the Mac IIs and SEs first. Naturally, this is all just from my reading, I could be wrong, but it's what I've heard :) Scott Holder -----Original Message----- From: Compact Macs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Benson Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 3:59 PM To: Compact Macs Subject: Re: RARE PART ALERT So essentially the drive uses a driver to bypass the IWM (It's not SWIM - I checked the board on my SE - I think SWIM was maybe a PowerMac thing?) chip with a 1.4MB compatible chip. Nutz. Anyone know the wiring - I have a couple of spare SE/30 boards, one of which has dodgy caps on it. I might whip the IWM off and build an interface board... or maybe not!! -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
