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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
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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?
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"I know what I like to do..."            Peter Merchant (merchant@dartvax.UUCP)