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I can try the drive in question in my G3 b&w, but I'll have to clear out enough space to get inside to make the switch. Other than the oversized 5 inch hard drive from an ancient PC (which mounts, but has a weird jumperless setup), all I have available (that I know definitely works) is a...

It's the original restore CD for that model computer. The CD itself has this printed on it "SSW version 7.5". I've used old Macs from around that era, but this is really the first time I've had the guts of one laying exposed like this. I knew that the drive I bought would not be 'officially'...

It has three pairs of pins on the top of the drive, and i tried it with each of the pairs. (I don't recall trying it without anything at all jumpered... might be crazy enough to work... maybe I should give that a try...) As to using another drive, I'll have to see if I can dig up another one to...

Nobody has anything to say about my situation? :?: Apparently, I've stumped the panel... does that mean I've won a prize or something?

OK, here's the situation... old Performa 638CD, got it for nothing (including the original CDs). The drive that was in it is dead, so I picked up a slightly larger Quantum drive (0.6 GB) for a couple bucks. The Performa boots just fine from the original CD, and reads floppies too... it just...