At 04:48 AM 6/13/2002 -0400, you wrote: >At 22:02 -0700 on 12/06/02, Timothy Virkkala wrote: > > >So: What are the external drives for the high-density disks called? Do they > >look pretty much like these? ( > >Yep - they're called Apple FDHD or Apple 1.4MB Drive, IIRC. I've seen >*one*, but my external floppy experience has probably been unfairly skewed >in the direction of the Apple IIgs, which used the 800K 3.5 Drive units, so >I doubt the Apple-branded external HD floppies are as rare as they seem.
The 800k external floppies are pretty close to a dime a dozen. Any given thrift store seems to have a couple fairly often. However, you can open then up and swap the 800k disk drive for a standard auto-inject floppy, and then any Mac that can both take external floppies and can already use HD disks can use it has an external HD drive. In other words, it'd work for a IIci, Classic, Classic II, etc, but not a Mac Plus. Quite handy, really. Scott Holder -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
