> > Does yours have an external parallel connector or an internal
>> hard disk or possibly both? I'm pretty sure all Mac XL's lack the
>> external parallel connector, unless there's an expansion card fitted
>> for use with the Profile drive, and that it would be like a Lisa 2/10
>
>That's not completely true -- at least for the Mac XL that I've seen. The
>plug for the internal hard disk was ran via ribbon-cable out of the case,
>and connected into the external port.
If the Mac XL in question has the external parallel port,
Lisalite board, and old style I/O board, then it's not a Mac XL but
an upgraded Lisa 2 or Lisa 2/5. The factory Macintosh XL's were all
based on the Lisa 2/10 with the internal parallel port connector, for
use with the Widget hard disk, and the updated I/O board which no
longer required the use of the Lisalite board.
Unfortunatley, I've never been able to find a document which
indicated what model #'s corresponded to which machines.
Jeff
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Received on Mon Nov 26 2001 - 14:03:07 GMT