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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: How's THIS for incompatibility: Mirror 800AE 800K drives and Mac SE/30!
Keywords: Mac SEx Mirror 800K drives
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Date: 3 May 89 16:57:17 GMT
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I got a used Mirror Magnum 800AE 800K drive this week, and promptly hooked
it up to my Mac SEx on Monday.  It wouldn't format or read any drives, so I
figured it was broken.  But this morning, I brought it into work and tried
it out on three Mac Plusses, and it worked fine.  Confusing, no?

So I called Mirror technologies, and was told that the Magnum 800AE was
incompatible with the SE/30.  Runs fine with a Plus or SE, and they think it
works with a IIcx (II and IIx machines got no external floppy port) -- but
not with a Mac SEx!  I asked what kind of incompatibility they could have
had that wouldn't let it run with strictly with a Mac SEx; they said
something vague about the SEx also being able to hook up to external
SuperDrives, and drive confusion.  [Side note: apple just announced an
external SuperDrive.  For ~$650.  Talk about laughable pricing...]

I asked if there were any software patches they knew of (INITs or
something), and the tech said no.  Anyone familiar enough with Mirror floppy
technology to say whether such a "software fix" is possible?  I'd appreciate
hearing from you on it...

Oh, well, my folks are getting a Mac Plus this weekend -- I'm sure they
could use an external floppy... :)

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                            us with bigger mouths than others."
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