lll10246@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (The Mailman) (03/06/91)
I have a question about the possibility of using an old 800k external Apple floppy drive as a replacement for an internal drive: One of the internal floppies in my SE has died. I have an Apple 800K external drive that I used to use when I had a Mac+. I thought that the drive mechanisms would be exactly the same (ext and int) so that if I took the external drive out of its case and put it in the metal frame of the blown internal that everything should work. I tried it and no! THe drives themselves look identical, and the external (mounted internally) still works fine if it is connected to the ext. port. I have been told that the way that tthe computer handles the interna and external ports is the same. ie that is no real difference between the ports. I looked long and hard at the external drive and there don't seem to be any differnces (like no dip switches or anything) I think that it should work, and so do a couple of Apple technicians (not actually the company) whom I have talked to. Can anyone out there help me???? Is there anyway that I can mount my old 800k internally? Why wouldn't this work? WHy doesn't it work?? HELP!! lll@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu