--- Allan Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <clip> > re: your floppy drive, you will have a hard time > finding > "double-density" diskettes these days. You can use > 1.44 floppies as > if they were 800K if you tape over the hole (the one > that does NOT > have the sliding piece of plastic) with scotch tape > or equivalent.
Something to hunt for is the ROM and SWIM upgrade that allows the SE to use the 1.44M floppy drive. The SWIM (Super Woz Integrated Machine) chip is the hardware part, the ROM chip has the software that enables the System to use the SWIM chip and 1.44M drive. The SWIM chip replaces the IWM (Integrated Woz Machine) chip. You must replace the 800K drive with a 1.44M drive in order to use 1.44M disks. Unfortunately the ROM upgrade does not make the SE 32 bit "clean"*. (Same deal for the ROM and SWIM upgrade for the Mac II, though it does fix a problem with allowable SIMM sizes in Bank A.) *Apple did produce 32bit "clean" ROMs for some of the models older than the IIci, but only for work on System 7.1 and as part of the development of the IIci, which was the first Mac with all 32bit ROM code. IMHO, Apple missed out on a large upgrade market they could've had by selling those ROMs. ===== It will be total Fandemonium, Summer 2005! Check website for further info. http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- 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> --> 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
