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From: ez001287@deneb (Thomas Lew)
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Subject: Re: 1581 Hardware Questions
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Date: 25 Sep 90 07:40:07 GMT
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We all know that the reason that Commodore manufactured disk drives are so
expensive is that each drive contains its own controller card.  My question
is this:  is it possible to disassemble a 1581 drive and plug in an
IBM-compatible low density 3 1/2" drive into the Commodore controller board
and have it work?  Are the connectors, power requirements, and data lines
the same, or is this just a fanciful pipe dream?

If anyone has any input on this subject, I'd greatly appreciate a reply here.

                                     Thomas Lew
                                     ez001287@deneb.ucdavis.edu