Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!columbia!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!csri.toronto.EDU!amos From: amos@csri.toronto.EDU (Tak Ariga) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple 3.5 Message-ID: <8707081522.AA17989@finch.csri.toronto.edu> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 11:22:00 EDT Article-I.D.: finch.8707081522.AA17989 Posted: Wed Jul 8 11:22:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 15:36:22 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 29 > From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET > Subject: Apple 3.5 > Date: 4 Jul 87 20:42:00 GMT > > I get confused by all these 3.5 inch designations (Apple 3.5, > Unidisk 3.5, etc.) which signify slightly different disks, but > I've read that the Macintosh 800K drive is identical to -- > wasn't it the Apple 3.5 (whichever one it is that can daisy > chain on a IIgs I think). > > At least in theory, Apple wants to make all their peripherals > compatible across lines. That way if you buy an SCSI hard disk > for you Apple II and then trade up to a Mac, you won't have to > buy a new hard disk too (making it easier to cost justify the > upgrade). Well, this might be old news, but from what I know, the 3.5 for the // series can be used on the mac, but the reverse does not hold. I had a friend who tried this a while back. He had a unidisk 3.5 800K for the //e he was using, and modified it for use on his Mac Plus. I think what you have to do is disable the logic board inside, which the Mac does not need, but the // requires. Not surprisingly, the Mac drives does not have this logic board, so it cannot be used with the //. At least, that's what he told me... Does anyone care to correct me? --Tak