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From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 800K drive on a IIx?????
Summary: Answers, and more questions
Keywords: FDHD 800K
Message-ID: <1167@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 7 Dec 89 01:04:00 GMT
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Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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Greetings,

  Thanks to those of you who sent or posted replies to my question of whether
it is possible to use an 800K drive with a IIx.  The answer, apparently, is:

Yes, no problem.

  No problem, that is, except for the cable.  The IIx does not have an
external floppy connector, presumably because the expect that you will put
the second floppy inside (and thus Apple makes you buy their drive...).

  The fix is to buy/make a cable that connects to the internal floppy connector
and feeds outside, where you can then connect an external (and MUCH cheaper)
800K drive.

  NEW QUESTION:  Does anybody know where I can get such a cable, or possibly
the apropriate parts and a pin diagram to make one?

Thanks,

--Mike