The moral is: if you have a 128Kb Mac with a 400Kb drive, and even if >> all is dead and about to head for the skip, and the drive is bad and >> the >> case is yellowed, still keep the drive bracket. >> >>
Followup: The Apple Parts Database shows two different 'shields' as they call them, one for the 400Kb and one for the 800Kb drives. Neither has the 'kink' to accommodate the eject 'piston' on the Sony 400Kb drive. The Apple Service manual says that when you upgrade a 400KB floppy to a 800Kb one (with l/b or ROM upgrade), you leave the customer's existing shield in place. (It also says that you replace the logic board before relocating the 'shield' with the new floppy drive, but that's another story!) I wonder, therefore, if there were two generations of 400Kb floppy drive; a very early Sony one with the 'sticking out' eject piston, which needed the special 'shield', and a later one without that didn't? I note that the chassis for the external 400Kb floppy does have a 'kink' in the support bracket to avoid the piston. Stuart -- 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
