Krishna Kumar wrote:
> My thanks to everyone of the list for providing a valuable resource for Duo
> owners. My trusty Duo Dock I, after long use, has finally succumbed to
> the tick of Death, but thanks to all the info on my archived copies of the
> list, I was able to get the power supply off and into repair in a few days.
>
> In the meantime, my Duo Dock is lying in pieces for the next few days. In
> addition to a cleaning, I was wondering if anyone had answers to the
> following questions.
>
> 1. Upgrading the Duo Dock Logic Board.
>
> I have the original Duo Dock, but have always wanted the higher resolution
> and ethernet of a Duo Dock II. Can I swap the Dock logic boards to give me
> an upgrade?
Sure. Easier said than found. You can also just add VRAM and an ethernet card
to your existing board.
>
>
> 2. Adding a SCSI hard disk
>
> I remember that the Dock had power restrictions on the power supply, and I
> was wondering if anyone has but a modern SCSI drive into the Dock, and if
> so what are the power specs and where does one find a drive mount?
I have a LaCie 4.8 Gig SCSI drive in my dock, purchased last year. No
problems. No need for a drive mount, everything you need is there already or
comes with the new drive.
>
>
> 3. Floppy Disk
>
> The original floppy disk was extremely dirty, and I was wondered why Apple
> didn't include a dust flap with the floppy disk drive. Is it possible to
> add one? Another question was whether I could add one of the new 120 MB
> internal SCSI floppy drives to replace the original drive.
I think the floppy drive flap is on the drive itself (anybody?), so you'd need
a drive with the flap. Actually, I have a flap on my 6500 and my drive is
filthy. The flap does very little toward keeping it clean. Most of the dust
comes from circulating inside the machine via the air vents. If Apple supports
swapping the 1.4MB with the 120MB on any of their existing computers,
probably. I assume the new drive has a driver for the internal floppy disk
bus. If so, you might have to only modify the connector, which is simple
enough with the pin out info from Apple's TIL.
>
>
> Thanks for the help. BTW, after I opened it up, I was amazed on how much
> room was inside the Dock, and always regretful that Apple never did more to
> exploit the power of the Dock.
>
Exactly, they should have turned it sideways and included a CD-ROM and put the
floppy drive in the front where it belongs. If I were you, I would plan to run
that 120MB floppy drive of yours outside the case so you can get at it like
normal people. Just customize the cable and run it through the floppy drive
slot. I'm going to do that with my external Duo 1.4 floppy drive.
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