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From: wnn@ornl.gov (Wolfgang N. Naegeli)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 3 1/2 inch 1/3 height drives
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Date: 23 Oct 90 01:49:00 GMT
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In article <2897@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman 
Goodger) writes:
> In <1990Oct21.184224@alazif.cxo.dec.com>wherry@alazif.enet.dec.com 
writes:
> >Both the Macintosh IIsi and the Macintosh LC use
> >3 1/2 inch 1/3 height drives.  Does this mean the quantum
> >prodrive series cannot be used as an internal drive on these
> >two systems?  (I believe the Quantum prodrives are 3 1/2 inch
> >1/2 height drives.)
> >thanks.
> >brad
>         You figured it out, 3.5" is to big for both the LC and SI.
>         Prodrives won't fit. New Third height drives do work...

I am puzzled why Apple did that. Maybe on purpose, so that options for 
enhancement are more
limited and users who want to make sure they can later use a much larger 
drive will be more inclined to get a more expensive Mac to start with?  
Indeed there seems to be a lot of wasted space under the Floppy drive. If 
the plastic moulding were different, one could easily fit a second hard 
disk, even a 1/2-height one, below the SuperDrive.

Wolfgang N. Naegeli
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