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Post #9 by phreakout
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateTue, 28 Jul 2009 - 04:44
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/how-easy-is-it-to-add-a-hd-to-an-se-dual-floppy.18096/
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System6+Vista,

Adding a SCSI HD to a dual 800K floppy SE is easy. I've done it before with mine, but I ended up with some obstacles. For one, the SE didn't have the SCSI ribbon cable or the power cable that connects between the analog board and the HD. Both of these cables I ended up salvaging from a dead Macintosh 2 I had sitting around. Second, after removing the top 800K drive, the HD was a bit longer from front to back. So, I had to bend part of the chassis/cage/shield back in order for the power and SCSI cables to connect and work. I could have just used a Dremel tool to cut part of the metal to size but I didn't want to change much of the internal hardware to be authentic. What am I saying? I later ended up replacing the logic board with one from an SE/30, so what am I complaining about?

Another issue is whether or not the drive will boot. It could very well give you an alert that it couldn't be run without the right enabler(s), because it was once ran on a Classic 2 and now running on an older model SE. Try booting with extensions OFF in this case.

73s de Phreakout. 8-)

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