That's probably it, Jerry ... using the space. I've considered it too ... can't recall the last time I used the floppy. (Although I can't bring myself to discard the hundreds and hundreds of them floating around the house.)
Bill ---------- >From: Jerry Yeager <jerry at browseryshop.com> >To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu >Subject: Re: MacGroup: Re: System X anxiety >Date: Sun, Jan 12, 2003, 2:33 AM > > Normally I would not have believed this either (and I still suspect it > is more due to poor phrasing of the sentences I read). But the source > is John Farr, one of the editors or AppleLinks, who is keeping readers > informed of his progress at turning a 8600 box into an OS-X box. He was > the one that claimed to be replacing the floppy with a new 10,000 rpm > SCSI drive. But I think he is just using the space the floppy took up. > Except.... > > Jerry > > > On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 12:59 AM, Bill Holt wrote: > >> >>> There are rumors that you can replace the floppy drive with a hd and >>> do >>> this as well. >>> >>> Jerry >> >> >> I'd treat those rumors with extreme skepticism, Jerry. The floppy >> isn't a >> scsi or an ATA drive ... it's a whole different sort of system. Now, >> it's >> true that there was a hard drive made from about 1984 to maybe 1986 >> which >> was designed to use the external floppy port, but that was before Macs >> had >> scsi ports. That people were willing to buy those may be what >> persuaded >> Apple to add scsi as a standard. >> >> >> Bill Holt >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> >> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 28. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
