"Toy" computers (was Re: Micro$oft Biz'droid Lusers)

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Thu Apr 25 10:11:24 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ethan Dicks [mailto:erd_6502_at_yahoo.com]

> I think there was exactly one product from Apple that plugged into
> the floppy port - a 20MB disk that required strange drivers. I
> don't recall the part number, but when Apple came out with a 20MB
> SCSI disk, they called it the "20SC" or something similar (IIRC)
> to distinguish it from the older product.

I used to have an Apple disk that plugged into the floppy port. 20M
as you say, but it booted directly, so it must not have been too
"strange."

> That having been said, I would question how much Apple "discouraged"
> people from using the SCSI port on the Mac Plus. There may have
> been an alternative and Apple may have pushed it over third-party
> disks, but once the stock of strange disks ran out, presuming
> the Mac Plus was still being made, I doubt Apple would continue
> to urge people to ignore the SCSI port.

So you're saying they probably wanted people to use their disk over
what SCSI disks were available? It wouldn't surprise me.

Chris

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