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From: tgoose@eng.umd.edu (Jason Garms)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 1.4 mb floppy
Message-ID: <1991Apr5.042335.24179@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 91 04:23:35 GMT
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In article <1991Mar31.220843.7764@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, Charles.E.Dubuque@dartmouth.edu (Charles E. Dubuque) writes:
> Unless you have an SE marked FDHD (sold after October 1989), an
> internal or external 1.4 M HD drive won't do you much good. You lack a
> SWIM chip (the disk controller that allows the Mac to read/write in the
> FDHD format). Without it you cannot use an FDHD drive, either internal
> or external, in FDHD mode (I believe it would be usable in 400K and
> 800K mode, but why buy it for that.) I do not believe that Apple offers
> a SWIM upgrade for SEs short of an SE-->SE/30 upgrade.
On the contrary, Apple does offer an SE ROM upgrade.  (At least I'm
99% sure).  Consult your local Apple dealer for this upgrade.  I think
it is about $100.

Jason Garms
tgoose@eng.umd.edu