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From: hersker@hersker.mathworks.com (Steve Herskovitz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re- Will full-height drive
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Date: 29 Sep 90 20:10:31 GMT
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>> I have the opportunity to get a good deal on a 100 Meg disk drive
>> for my Mac II.  It currently has an Apple half-height 40 Meg drive.
>> The other drive is full-height  and it doesn't appear that it will
>> fit in the same place as the 40 Meg drive.  Will I be able to use
>> this 100 Meg drive internally?

> It is possible to put a full-height drive in
> your macintosh.  You need to buy a special mounting bracket to replace
> the one currently supporting your floppy drive and the half-height hard
> disk.  I currently have a 140MB (formatted) Micropolis in mine.  I got
> my mounting bracket from Software (&hardware) that Fits.  You can find
> their ads in MacUser (I think they've stopped advertising in MacWorld).
> One catch: The holes already drilled in the mounting bracket (for
> screws) aren't guaranteed to match the holes in the sides of the drive.

One other catch:  You're likely to need low profile SIMMs on your motherboard.
 I installed a MicroNet 300MB full height drive in my II and found that the
high profile SIMMs stuck up too far and prevented the drive and bracket
assembly from seating properly.  I replaced the high profile SIMMs with low
profile and everything fit fine.

Steve Herskovitz
hersker@mathworks.com