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> Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2002 16:48:53 EDT
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Compact Macs)
> Subject: Re: SE/30 - 5 1/4" Drives ?
>
> My Reply follows quote. On 07/09/2002 12:43
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
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>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vern Andrews)
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>> Do 5 1/4" drives work with the SE/30 ?
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> NO! NO! NO!
>
> Plugging 5 1/4 inch drives into the SE/30 (or anyother Mac, for that
> matter) will most likely smoke the floppy controller on the logic board.
>
> Ken
There is one exception: Apple used to manufacture a 5 1/4" PC-drive. It gets
attached to a so-called PC-card, that I used to have in a IIfx and still
have in the PDS slot of a SE. If the SE/30 has the same PDS slot (?) it is
possible to find one with a 5 1/4" drive hooked to it.
Jan
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