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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Re: 400k Disk Drive Wanted
Keywords: Disk Drive
Message-ID: <1990Oct3.165354.3149@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 3 Oct 90 16:53:54 GMT
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In article <4722@testeng1.misemi>, stanfiel@testeng1.misemi (Chris Stanfield) writes:
|> In article <15156@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> dave@PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek) writes:
|> >Unless I am seriously mistaken, 800K floppy drives WILL NOT WORK with
|> >the original 128K Mac.  Don't waste your money!
|> >
|> >If I am wrong, well...I would love to know how to make an 800K drive
|> >work on a 512K Mac.  Flames welcome if they contain this very useful
|> >information!!!
As others have posted, you can use the HD 20 startup init to get HFS and use
thr 800K drive.
|> I seem to remember reading that *some* 800k drives will work with the
|> 64k rom set fitted in a regular 512, but the guaranteed solution is to
|> upgrade the Mac by installing the later 128k ROM set.
[How to do this for $300]
Save your money and buy a Plus for this price in a month. Already, at least
one university is pricing _new_ Pluses below $500. How much will a good used
one go for when Apple discontinues them in less than 2 weeks (does anyone
believe the Plus will still be made after the 15 October new product
announcement? I don't).

-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu