Anyone wanna dismantle a Lisa and see if they can plug their twiggy into their 128K?
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Des Hay <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jonathan > > If you look closely at the drive slot on the Mac and the Lisa in that photo > it is identical, i.e. too thin to accept a 3 1/2" disk, the thickness of the > slot appears to be the same as the twiggy Lisa. > > I have nothing to back it up with, just a guess but I would imagine Apple > switched the Mac project from the twiggy drive to the Sony sometime in mid > 1983. > > > > Sure we will all have more questions than answers, but its a fascinating > subject to talk about. > > > Kind Regards > Des > > > > On 20 November 2010 05:42, Jonathan Carpenter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The original 128k Mac was designed to originally use Twiggy drives. They >> had already done some of the test plastic molds of the cases when they >> decided to switch to the 3.5" disks. I don't think there were any Macs >> actually built with Twiggy drives, but some of the pre-productions Macs do >> have a larger disk opening where the Twiggy drive was supposed to go, but >> they were actually using 3.5" disks. >> >> I think I read this in one of the very early issues of MacWorld. >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 6:56 PM, D. Finnigan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:45:27 +1100, Des Hay <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Not the best picture I know but I wonder if this is an early twiggy >>> > drive >>> > Macintosh with Andy Hertzfeld? >>> > >>> >>> Looks like 3.5" to me. >>> >>> -- >>> ----- >>> 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 [email protected] >>> To leave this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >>> >>> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >> >> -- >> ----- >> 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 [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> >> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > -- > ----- > 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 [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- http://the-pizzaboy192.co.cc/blog -- It's back from the dead! (and nearing 2.0 status!) -- ----- 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 [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
