Is this switch on the drive or the disk? I'll be embarrassed if I've never seen one of these. Mw
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 12:53 AM, Bob C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > The original 800K Apple diskette drives had one switch to detect whether > the > disk-lock window was open or closed. > > The 1.4MB FDHD or "SuperDrives" had two switches, one for the > disk-lock-detect, and one to detect HD diskettes (the "extra hole"). In > fact, the presence of the two little switches at the front of the drive is > the easiest way to determine if it's a 1.4MB drive. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Wheeler" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 11:18 PM > Subject: Re: 800k 3.5" disk drive for PowerMac 7100 > > > > The switch that was mentioned earlier was not an HD switch, but a disk > lock. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
