hersker@hersker.mathworks.com (Steve Herskovitz) (09/30/90)
>> I have the opportunity to get a good deal on a 100 Meg disk drive >> for my Mac II. It currently has an Apple half-height 40 Meg drive. >> The other drive is full-height and it doesn't appear that it will >> fit in the same place as the 40 Meg drive. Will I be able to use >> this 100 Meg drive internally? > It is possible to put a full-height drive in > your macintosh. You need to buy a special mounting bracket to replace > the one currently supporting your floppy drive and the half-height hard > disk. I currently have a 140MB (formatted) Micropolis in mine. I got > my mounting bracket from Software (&hardware) that Fits. You can find > their ads in MacUser (I think they've stopped advertising in MacWorld). > One catch: The holes already drilled in the mounting bracket (for > screws) aren't guaranteed to match the holes in the sides of the drive. One other catch: You're likely to need low profile SIMMs on your motherboard. I installed a MicroNet 300MB full height drive in my II and found that the high profile SIMMs stuck up too far and prevented the drive and bracket assembly from seating properly. I replaced the high profile SIMMs with low profile and everything fit fine. Steve Herskovitz hersker@mathworks.com