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> "Find a 3rd party Apple floppy drive that is totally compatible with
>  the Apple drives, and I'll show you a snowball that survived a trip
>  through hell.... "
>
>I don't have personal experience with third party Apple floppy drives so I
>can't argue this point.  I'm only familiar with the Mac line, and have spe-
>cifically limited my comments to this.  Are you referring to Mac or Apple
>II drives?  What are you basing this statement on?

A friend of mine is an Apple enthusiast, and he has told me all about
the incompatibility problems with Apple drives.  Since the Mac uses a
non-standard variable speed drive, making one yourself will be very
difficult.  Also, the fact that the Mac uses an electronic eject while
everybody else uses a manual eject will complicate the problem even
more.

>BTW, did your $350 include a new drive, cables, casing and power supply
>in addition to the Adaptek and ICD host adapter?  (ICD host adapter: $136.,
>Adaptek controller: $90-140. = >$226 leaves $124 for 20 Meg mech,
>power supply and case.)

Yes, it included a brand new ICD Host adapter ($100), an Adaptec 4000
($85), a Seagate ST-225 mech ($120), a power supply and case, and all
needed cables.  I must admit that I got the mech from a friend of mine
who owns a computer store, and pulled the 225 out of a machine he was
upgrading.  The rest of the stuff was purchased from mail order houses,
and YOU TOO can get them at this price.

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