68010 (was Re: Mac IIci)

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Mon Jan 14 16:34:39 2002

On January 14, Ethan Dicks wrote:
> > used the 68010 even though they had rather limited HDD
> > resources. It would have worked better with two drives, methinks.
>
> I know that some model of UNIX PC had room for a full-height MFM drive
> under a hump (most only had room for a half-height). It was too little,
> too late, but you could drop a lot more than 40Mb inside - maybe 80Mb
> or more! :-)

  If memory serves, the one with the half-height bay was called the
7300, and the full-height version was the 3B1. They were the same
otherwise; I swapped a few out from damaged machines many years ago.

  They sure were great machines. I wouldn't mind having one for
posterity.

     -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL         "Less talk.  More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
Received on Mon Jan 14 2002 - 16:34:39 GMT

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