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From: smz@tove.cs.umd.edu (Zakar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: You should be lucky enough to have such problems
Message-ID: <30130@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 91 12:30:07 GMT
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Reply-To: smz@tove.cs.umd.edu (Zakar)
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After nearly two years of service, the Quantum 40 megabyte disk in 
our Mac IIcx gave out last week while my wife was working on a 
Hypercard program.  After that, instead of booting, it just made some 
ominous scratching noises.  We decided that this would be a good 
time to upgrade our disk capacity so she called around and found 
APS's 105 megabyte internal disk for $399.  It arrived quick, was 
easy to install, and works like a champ.

What's the problem?  While waiting for the drive to arrive, the 
Quantum 40 came back to life.  However, she doesn't trust it enough 
to use as primary storage anymore so we're keeping the 105 Mb 
drive and I'm going to try to turn the Quantum 40 into an external 
drive.  Is there someone who can tell me what the pin-outs are on 
the power connector?  Bonus question:  What are the current ratings 
for each of the required supply voltages?

Thanks,
Joe Zakar
using smz@tove.cs.umd.edu