ralphw@C7.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) (10/08/88)
Does/Will the //c+ have the SWIM (Super IWM?) chip for talking to those nifty multiformat SuperDrives? (Apple 400,800,1600K & IBM 360,720,1440K) You might want to daisy-chain one, even if it's not built in. Or will there be a //cGS+ex with 65816, SIMMs, SCSI, Appletalk and SWIM chip:-)? Is it just a chip change (involving a motherboard swap in the age of unsoldered chips and SMDs)? are are the pinouts different
keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) (10/08/88)
In article <3241@pt.cs.cmu.edu> ralphw@C7.IUS.CS.CMU.EDU (Ralph Hyre) writes: >Does/Will the //c+ have the SWIM (Super IWM?) chip for talking to those >nifty multiformat SuperDrives? (Apple 400,800,1600K & IBM 360,720,1440K) >You might want to daisy-chain one, even if it's not built in. > >Or will there be a //cGS+ex with 65816, SIMMs, SCSI, Appletalk and SWIM >chip:-)? > >Is it just a chip change (involving a motherboard swap in the age of >unsoldered chips and SMDs)? are are the pinouts different the //c+ does NOT have the SWIM chip. Also, I think that there is more than just a chip change involved here, though I don't know in what respect. All I know is that there were a lot of changes made to the Macintosh .Sony driver to get it to support the SWIM chip. Keith Rollin UUCP: amdahl\ Developer Technical Support pyramid!sun !apple!keith Apple Computer decwrl/ BITNET: keith%apple.com@relay.cs.net "You can do what you want to me, but leave my computer alone!"