That's a good question, Apple offered the upgrade from the Lisa 1 to the 2, so is the drive connector the same?
Sure you have to get MacOS onto a twiggy somehow........ Kind Regards Des On 20 November 2010 07:43, Christian Wacker <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<vintage-macs%[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]<vintage-macs%[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]<vintage-macs%[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]<vintage-macs%[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/
