Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!decvax!dartvax!merchant From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Placement of external drive Message-ID: <6743@dartvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 10:42:02 EDT Article-I.D.: dartvax.6743 Posted: Thu Jul 23 10:42:02 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 14:54:06 EDT Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 26 Keywords: Left or Right I just got one of Apple's new external drives, the so-called Apple 3.5 Drive. It's a little taller than the old 800K drive and a bit shorter than the old 400K. However, it's longer than the old drives, probably because Apple IIs can daisy chain them. Anyway, I post this because of something amusing. As always, I hook up the drive first and ask questions later. After using the drive for a day or so, I figured I'd peruse the owner's guide, just for laughs. Chapter 2, "Setting Up and Using Your Drive With a Macintosh" shows me correct drive placement in figure 2-2. It tells me that it is okay the put the drive on the right hand side of the Mac and it also tells me that it's okay to put the drive on it's side. It also tells me that it's okay to put it on the left side of the Mac. Hey, wait a minute! Last I knew, this was supposed to screw up disks. Did Apple put in some kind of shielding or something into the new Apple 3.5 Drive? Oh, by the way, just for laughs, I think Apple should produce a colour upgrade for the Mac. My Apple 3.5 Drive is Battleship Grey -- excuse me, "Platinum" -- and my Macintosh is off-white. The colour upgrade would allow me to have a grey Macintosh to match my external drive. Anybody know where I can get some "Platinum" spray paint? -- "I know what I like to do..." Peter Merchant (merchant@dartvax.UUCP)