"J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The SE is the first "conversion" I've seen. It's back plate says it started > life as a two-800k-floppy SE. It has a strip of plastic across the top slot > of the two-slot faceplate, with a rectangular clear light-window. > > Internally was a 40MB Sony hard disk that had a stiction issue, until I > slapped it a few times. It yielded it's contents to a Quantum 40MB drive, > and was dissassembled. > > This is the second Sony hard disk I've had and like the first one, was in a > state of disrepair.
The Sony drive could have been replaced under an extended warranty repair scheme that Apple offered. Unfortunately I think you've missed the deadline by about ten years... Note that after the fiasco with these 20MB and 40MB drives, Sony stopped making hard disks. > Eh. I'm sure the conversion was fairly common way back when. But this is the > first I've owned. All sorts of conversions were common. Does your SE have FDHD ROMs (to support a 1.4MB floppy drive) or the originals? Phil -- 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> --> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
