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From: berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 3.5 inch drives on a Mac
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Date: 7 Jun 88 20:19:00 GMT
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Nf-From: clio.las.uiuc.edu!berger    Jun  7 15:19:00 1988


Inside Macintosh has some details on IWM signals.  Word from Sony
(and I had to call six different divisions to find out) is that the
Mac drives have special electronics.  You CANNOT modify a standard
3.5" drive for the Mac.

The Central Point Systems Copy II PC Deluxe Options Board lets you
read and write Mac disks on a PC class machine, so there is obviously
some compatibility.  But the hardware is entirely different.

			Mike Berger
			Department of Statistics 
			Science, Technology, and Society
			University of Illinois 

			berger@clio.las.uiuc.edu
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