What official documentation says it's 1-5/8"? I posted a link to the document with the .7" maximum for half height 3.5"
--- On Sun, 6/7/09, PeterH <[email protected]> wrote: > From: PeterH <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Compatible Hard Drives for Macintosh SE FDHD > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, June 7, 2009, 9:28 PM > > > On Jun 7, 2009, at 8:19 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > > 0.7" is "half height" for 3.5" drives. I've seen > several 3.5" SCSI > > drives over 1.4" tall. > > Full height 3.5" drives are 1-5/8" tall, which just happens > to be 1/2 > of the height of a full-height 5.25" drive. > > 1-5/8" is 1.625". > > One half of 1-5/8" is 0.8125" > > For marketing reasons, manufacturers try to make 3.5" > drives a > maximum of 1" high, except for the older SCSI models, for > which > 1-5/8" applies. > > The SE, SE/FDHD and SE/30 drive carrier was designed for 1" > drives. > It cannot accommodate 1-5/8" drives. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
