My Reply follows quote. On 08/09/2002 08:54 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Kistemaker) > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Compact Macs) >> 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: >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vern Andrews) >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Do 5 1/4" drives work with the SE/30 ? >> --------------- >> 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 ------------- Well, OK, but that would be a rare exception and it would still not be plugged directly into the "floppy" port so labeled on the back of the machine.
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