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From: kscott@cgl.ucsf.edu
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Subject: HD from IIsi Re: HD for the classic?
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Date: 5 Apr 91 23:37:04 GMT
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In article <HEMSTREE.91Apr2091942@greyrock.greyrock.mso.colostate.edu>:
<> I only worked with SE's and Mac II varieties to date so don't know too
<> much about the new flavors.  Are there any quirks I should know about?
<> Can I install the standard quantum 40mb in it?

tgoose@eng.umd.edu (Jason Garms) writes:
<There are two models of Mac Classics (atleast two official ones that I know of)
<Theu are:
<About the Hard drive.  NO you cannot put a standard half height drive into the
<classic.  If you try, you will block the connector for the memory expansion
<card and will be stuck with only 1MB RAM!  You have to use the new slim line of
<hard drives.  The only ones I know of off the top of my head are Quantum and
<Connor.  I've recently heard strange stories about the Quantum drives so to
<play it safe you may want to choose the Connor mechanism. (by the way, Apple
<uses the Connor mechanism in their 40 meg units, and the quantum in their 80
<meg units.  This was last time I checked).

I put a cpnnor cp3040a from a macIIsi into a mac classic and found I needed
to get a bracket and cables to adapt it to the classic.  This cost about $40,
I didn't have time to shop around (time was of the essence) and bought it from
a disreputable store (JWP information system of Delaware).

For your info,
kscott@locke.mmwb.ucsf.edu    Kevin Scott