Taking an internal 800k Mac drive and using it with an Apple IIGS

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From: Alexis Rosen
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1988 00:19

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I pulled out an internal floppy from an SE recently to put a hard disk in
instead. Now I have this useless floppy (my Mac II already has two floppies),
and I also have a cousin who owns an Apple II GS who would love to get
something for nothing... The question is, is this mechanism the same as the
one used for the Apple? I know that Apple made several different drives,
some of which work with both machines and some of which don't.

If I can use this unit with the II GS, what are the pinouts for the cable
I will have to build? Is there anyplace I can buy a cheap drive enclosure
(i.e., less than $20 for a box of sheet metal)?

Please reply by mail, as I doubt many people are interested. If you want
to know about this, drop me a line and I'll summarize anything I get.

Thanks in advance.

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Subject: Taking an internal 800k Mac drive and using it with an Apple IIGS
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