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From: "Brian Lanning" <brianlanning at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 10:43 PM
Subject: Apple/Mac floppy questions
A couple questions...
Are there any differences between the double density and high density
auto inject floppy drives? That is, could I put a high density drive
in an older classic mac and expect it to work?
It would be nice to get a hold of three or so extra auto-inject floppy
drives for some vintage macs. But they seem to be expensive and hard
to find. I noticed that the external 3.5" floppy drives for the 2gs
seem to be plentiful. Are they the same mechanism?
brian
The HD macs had a different chip in them then the DD models. There were kits
to modify units to be able to use the HD superdrives. I think you can use DD
drives on units equipped for HD but I am not sure.
The IIgs used DD superdrives. There were some aftermarket HD drives for the
IIgs but you needed a special controller and those drives are more expensive
then a HD superdrive would be for a mac.