ORIGINAL MESSAGE: >since we were talking about hacking up cases, discussing mark >benson's'siamese twinned quad mod, I've been thinking again about a >question i conjectured about here, early in the year: >the IIfx was built to hold two floppie drives on the 'drive balcony'. >both of mine have only one floppie drive in them. is there any reason i >couldn't modify the case and open a larger space where the left hand >floppie drive is designed to go, and mount a low speed cd-rom unit there >instead? would I just plug the usual 50 pin scsi flat ribbon cable and >the 4 pin power supply plug into the logic board, same as the floppie >was expected to be mounted? >do i need to worry about IIfx termination? and if so, how would i handle >it?
No problem at all! Mine's running fine with an internal CD-ROM (TEAC 32x), which is perfectly bootable with an appropriate CD. However, my point was the one that additional features shouldn't reduce any of the IIfx's original abilities (Double Floppy). I therefore positioned the CD-ROM below the HD (there's lot of space if you have half-height RAM), with a slight modification of the balcony. So, the CD-ROM faces to the right side, just above the Restart/Reset-Button. A fitting opening has to be cut into this side to insert the drive, but if you don't mind doing so, you'll have an elegant solution. The drive is hooked to the same internal SCSI-cable as the HD, with a different id set, of course. Let me know, if you're in need of more advice. Very sincerely Steff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
