Tom Lee wrote: > > Does anyone have for free or for not-to-expensive, or know where to get > > in Seattle for free or for not-to-expensive : > > > > 1) An External APPLE Floppy Drive for Mac SE (MAKING SURE that it's the > > one that can read 1.4 MB Floppy Disks; It was often called "Apple > > 'Superdrive' Floppy Drive"). > > You mentioned that his SE has 800K drives, leading me to believe that the SE > is an 800K model. If that is correct, then an external 1.4MB drive will only > act as an 800K drive. That is, unless the SE's motherboard is set up to > support 1.4MB drives (specifically, with 2 updated ROM chips and a SWIM chip > replacing the IWM chip), simply hooking up a superdrive won't give the SE > superdrive capability. > > There are at least two alternatives: The AEHD+ (the "+" is critical) made by > Applied Engineering, and the Insite Floptical drives will give 1.44M > capability (but you can't boot from them). Both of these drives are long out > of production, but show up rarely on ebay, etc. > > Good luck! > -- > Prof. Thomas H. Lee > Center for Integrated Systems, CIS-205 > 420 Via Palou Mall > Stanford University > Stanford, CA 94305-4070 > http://www-smirc.stanford.edu > 650-725-3709 ph, -3383 fax -- Prof. Thomas H. Lee Center for Integrated Systems, CIS-205 420 Via Palou Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4070 http://www-smirc.stanford.edu 650-725-3709 ph, -3383 fax -- System6 is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> System 6 Heaven <http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html> System6 info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/system6.html> 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/system6%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
