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From: ear@wpi.wpi.edu (Eric A Rasmussen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac 800K external disk drive for sale
Message-ID: <5018@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 25 Oct 89 04:49:44 GMT
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Reply-To: ear@wpi.wpi.edu (Eric A Rasmussen)
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Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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Ok folks, I don't know very much about Macs, especially their hardware, so I
was wondering if you could answer some questions about them for me.

A)  Can an 800k external drive be hooked up to a Mac 512 which currently has
    two 400k drives (one internal and one external) without any
    hardware/software upgrades? 

B)  How outdated and useless are Mac 512's? (especially with 400k drives)

C)  What is a reasonable price for a used 800k external drive?

D)  How common is it for Mac floppy drives to have trouble ejecting disks?
    What are recommended fixes for this sort of problem?  (Note that I'm not
    technically inept and don't mind fixing the drive myself.)

In case you are all wondering, I am interested in using an old klunker Mac 512
that I acquired (for free) to transfer data to other types of PC's.

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