CYB3RBYTE
Well-known member
Hi, I recently bought this Mac SE with the intent of it being one of the last SE's introduced, with what I understand is the ability to write 1.4mb high density disks. I have an earlier SE with an 800k drive that I've restored, but I'm tired of using 800k disks as I don't have a bridge Mac at the moment.
However, upon receiving this and cleaning the floppy drive, it won't recognize 1.4mb disks properly. It does read and write 800k just fine. The drive internally had a black label. I was under the assumption that unless it said 800k floppy on the back of the machine, it was a later model capable of writing and reading high density floppies. Mine just says "SE" on the back and front.
Here are shots of the motherboard internally, I know you need a special rom and a SWIM to write 1.4mb disks.
However, upon receiving this and cleaning the floppy drive, it won't recognize 1.4mb disks properly. It does read and write 800k just fine. The drive internally had a black label. I was under the assumption that unless it said 800k floppy on the back of the machine, it was a later model capable of writing and reading high density floppies. Mine just says "SE" on the back and front.
Here are shots of the motherboard internally, I know you need a special rom and a SWIM to write 1.4mb disks.