[comp.sys.mac] 2nd disk drive for Mac II

martyl@bucket.UUCP (Marty Lee) (09/18/87)

Is the second disk drive for the MAC II the same as the SE?
Is it the same as the standard drive for the Mac+?
Are there any good third party drive....cheap?

Thanks in advance.
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tektronix!reed!omen!bucket!martyl  (Marty Lee)

stew@endor.harvard.edu (Stew Rubenstein) (09/20/87)

In article <516@bucket.UUCP> martyl@bucket.UUCP (Marty Lee) writes:
>Is the second disk drive for the MAC II the same as the SE?

Yes.  In fact, I took the top drive out of my SE and installed it
in my II.  No hu-hu.

>Is it the same as the standard drive for the Mac+?
I think so, and I think it's the same drive unit as in the 800K external.
I seem to remember hearing of someone ripping aprt an external and putting
the drive in their II, but I haven't done this.

>Are there any good third party drive....cheap?

I haven't heard of any...

My advice: find someone buying an SE who wants a faster or larger drive
than the Apple 20Mb Internal.  Get them to buy a CMS Pro-40/i (a great
drive, particularly if you can get it from CMS at developer price),
and buy their second internal floppy.

Stew Rubenstein
Cambridge Scientific Computing, Inc.
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