On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 2:04pm "Dr.O.M.Betz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > John, Stuart, this is most interesting. (And I thought with the elusive > "Mezzanine" slot I knew the heart of the matter...Where was I in 1999? > Busy fitting the Zip in my 840AV, I guess...LOL!) But if I get you > right, if the new SWIM code came with the 7200, this revision just > excluded the auto-inject drives while support for the pre-7200 > manual-inject drives remained the same or got better. So your > transplant of a floppy into a 7500 would have been successful, had the > drive come from, say, a Performa 475 instead of the IIcx- correct? >
Correct. All Quadra 610 or newer style floppy drives were still supported. > Does the MacAddict article exist online somewhere? At which revision of > the iMac did the interface on the PCB disappear? (Sorry to be OT again, > but this is a very intriguing detail. You guys astound me once more.) > Not sure. Might be able to find it on their site. Anyway, I think it disappeared when the 266MHz machines started rolling out. > BTW, I found the "scary iMac" comic in my files, it is called > nofloppy.gif. If you have a taste for childish humour and the original > iMac, go to homepage.mac.com/giantmike/ pics/nofloppy.gif and enjoy. :-) I remember that one... Suits me well right now, since I'm using an eMac as I type this. BTW: the new link is: http://www.giantmike.com/pics/nofloppy.gif/ -J > > Cheers, OM > > /" ASCII Ribbon Campaign > / No HTML/RTF in email > X No Word docs in email > / Respect for open standards > > > -- > 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> > --> 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/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- 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> --> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
