Recent content by TAinKC

Yes, that would be this one. If you're a Missouri native, you might appreciate the manufacturer of this external drive too. It's nowhere near as nice as the 512K I had years ago (and shouldn't have sold) but this machine has been a fun project. Still needs a keyboard....

I recently bought a pair of Sony 800K floppy drives on eBay, which came with an interesting set of mounting hardware -- I'm curious if anyone recognizes it (the goal is to figure out if it is worth saving). The drives were in the standard 805-5050-A mounting enclosures pictured, and I assumed...

There turned out to be a silver lining - when installed, the Micah Drive sits right up against the back case. With it being gone, there was enough room to move the fan to the inner side of the case and install a grill I found on Amazon. I don't think I could ever bring myself to hack up a...

Funny how every time I think I've finally left this hobby behind, it seems to pull me back in... I've watched this forum from the sidelines for many years. Bought my first Mac (and began collecting) in the 1990s. Was in the business from 2005-2010, dealt in hundreds of used Macs while...

That's a MiniScribe stepper motor hard drive - they tend to get a bad rap but make a set of sounds like none other. If you can't get HD SC Setup to recognize it, try Lido instead - I had a couple of those drives that I'd all but given up on. Lido worked when everything else failed.