so from what I can tell, my Apple IIGS's floppy drive with the yellow insert (still have it) is an 800k drive then?
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Mac128DOTcom <mac128mail-h...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Yes, that yellow insert was designed only to protect the early heads > in the 800K disk which did not park the heads safely on shut down. The > 400K & 1.44MB drives did not need these. > > On Sep 14, 11:41 pm, James Fraser <wheresthatistanbul- > pcil...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> --- On Mon, 9/14/09, Mac128DOTcom <mac128mail-h...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> > Nope. I mean an actual plastic shield that slipped over and >> > wrapped the entire disk drive inside the Mac only open in the front >> > and bottom with a slit for the cable. Obviously this had to be custom >> > fit for each Mac. I wish I had a link to a picture. I think my >> > SE/30 has one, so perhaps I will crack it open and try to get a picture. >> >> Yes, please. For some inexplicable reason, I kept thinking of the plastic >> insert that helped protect early-model floppy drives during shipment, but >> this is obviously something different. >> >> Best, >> >> James Fraser > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
