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From: barry@playfair.STANFORD.EDU (barry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Info on FDHD drives
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Date: 2 Sep 89 00:50:30 GMT
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Sender: Barrett P. Eynon <barry@playfair.stanford.edu>
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In article <9499@pucc.Princeton.EDU> MIKEA@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes:
>
>And now for a simple (probably silly) question.
>Do the new FDHD drives need those stupid little yellow disks that stop the
>old 800k drives from flopping around when you move your MAC across the room
>etc.  I've looked through most of the documentation and there is no mention
>of a need for them (or that you don't need it!)  I can only assume that it
>isn't necessary (?).
>     BTW this has been asked before, but I didn't see any replies, does
>any one make an external FDHD drive (how much is it and is it reliable?)
>                                                         Thanks again,
>                                                         Michael.


Not a silly question at all. I have heard from several sources that 
not only are the yellow inserts not nescessary in a FDHD, that using
one can actually destroy your drive. So unless one came with your machine
when you got it (it didn't with my SE/030) I would not use one. 
Barry Eynon
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