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From: treesh@darwin.helios.nd.edu
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Subject: Re: 1581 Hardware Questions
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Date: 25 Sep 90 20:38:51 GMT
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I know for a fact that the Apple Machintosh floppy disk drives will not work
in place of the 1581 disk drive mehcnical assy.  Also, Im not sure but I
think that the 1581 assyomblly does not have a +5 +12 volt power connector on
it like cheep 720K MS DOS drives do.  The 1581 drive gets its power via the
data cable.  So, I would venture to say NO, that wont work.
 
But I know something even sweeter that does!!
 
Did you know you could use an IBM hard drive on a 64?  The parts are kinda 
tricking to find, but I have done it with mine.  You need a Tandon
Dos Controller board, and an Omti SASI to MFM converter board.  Both these
can be found in the old Commodore 9060 hard disk units.
 
I have gotten 19441 blocks free out of a 'lil 10 megger IBM drive.
 
And thats only 5 megs!
 
ctfm