techstep
Well-known member
Hi All,
I recently purchased a Mac SE Dual Floppy model on eBay because the case was in very good condition. The seller said it didn't power on, but this was vague so i bought it anyway to see if I could figure out what might be wrong. Well, it suffered the all-too-common red battery explosion and the chassis and logic board have major damage.
Onto the question: this particular SE is the first I've seen with Dual 1.4mb floppy drives and no hard drive. Even the box states they are apple Apple original drives, shipped from the factory. I have a spare SE logic board from a dual 800K floppy machine. Would this board work with 1.4mb floppy drives or is there an incompatibility with firmware? Mostly curious as i don't want to damage either the drives or the working logic board.
I recently purchased a Mac SE Dual Floppy model on eBay because the case was in very good condition. The seller said it didn't power on, but this was vague so i bought it anyway to see if I could figure out what might be wrong. Well, it suffered the all-too-common red battery explosion and the chassis and logic board have major damage.
Onto the question: this particular SE is the first I've seen with Dual 1.4mb floppy drives and no hard drive. Even the box states they are apple Apple original drives, shipped from the factory. I have a spare SE logic board from a dual 800K floppy machine. Would this board work with 1.4mb floppy drives or is there an incompatibility with firmware? Mostly curious as i don't want to damage either the drives or the working logic board.