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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Moving the external (df1:) drive to inside (df0:)
Message-ID: <1373@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 9-Feb-87 01:34:44 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1373
Posted: Mon Feb  9 01:34:44 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 10-Feb-87 04:28:59 EST
References: <2684@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 23
Keywords: nec,panasonic

In article <2684@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> hutch@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Jim Hutchison) writes:
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>Other than voiding my 90 day warranty, does anyone know of any pitfalls in
>moving the quiet panasonic drive to inside the chasis, and the noisy NEC
>drive out to the A1010 box?

No, just be aware that some of the drives have the 34 pin connector running
the opposite way from others and you may have to make a new ribbon cable with
a "knot" in it if the drives have different arrangements...

>It's not just noise alone, the rom sockets in the CMI rom kit won't fit under
>the contrary-to-spec NEC drive, but will fit under the apparently-to-spec
>Panasonic drive.

Mumble, grumble - have you ever seen a "spec" 3.25 drive? The original Panasonic
drives were even fatter!  There is really no "standard height" 3.25 drive, they
just keep getting thinner as time goes on...
 
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