Stupid question, but here we go :o)
In Brazil, as you may imagine, 3.5 drives for apple computers are pretty
rare. But you can find with some effort internal macintosh drives from the
tras...eh...performa computers that nobody wants. I got my IIgs (with no
floppy drives) and made a simple pinout converter for using my old apple
clone drives
(
http://www.tabajara-labs.blogspot.com.br/2013/06/e-quem-nao-tem-adaptador-d…).
But reading the schematic of IIgs, I **BELIEVE** I can use the 800K or
1.44MB internal drives from macs into the 19 pin port of the IIgs. After
all, is the same IWM the old macs use. I just have some questions which I
wasn't able to answer yet:
- How are 3.5 drives selected? I **believe** I must make an AND with
ENABLEx and 3.5_ENABLE lines
- Was it tested yet? I wasn't able to find anything concrete on the net
- Superdrives doesn't have the speed select pin?
- How is the disk ejected? I see no control for it on the drive pinout.
I believe a combination of the pins or some kind of signal change is needed,
but since I don't have an original apple drive, I'm not able to put the
logic analyser and discover how it works :o(
Thanks :)
Alexandre (full of nasty ideas :D)
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Enviado do meu Motorola PT550
Meu site:
http://www.tabalabs.com.br