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From: gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor)
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Subject: Re: LC & SuperDrive??
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Date: 26 Feb 91 13:25:42 GMT
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In article <3406.27c907ee@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> tletski@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:
>Does an LC work with an FDHD SuperDrive?  If not, why not.

	Yes, the Mac LC works with a SuperDrive.  As a matter of fact,
the SuperDrive is the "standard" floppy drive on the entire current
Macintosh line (Classic, SE/30, Portable, LC, IIci, IIfx).

	The LC comes with one internal SuperDrive.  (Educational
clients can get a model with 2 internal SuperDrives and no hard
drive).  There's just one problem... the LC lacks a port for an
external floppy drive - it's the only Macintosh without such a port.

	I read in either MacUser or MacWorld that the engineers
excluded an external floppy port because it would have added $1.50 to
the cost.  I understand shaving features to reduce price, but a floppy
drive port?  <sigh>

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