Auto Eject Mod

[BadGoldEagle]

Hey

I would like to buy a Quadra 605 board for a Classic Mac Hack. I know these came with a Manual Eject Floppy drive. 

Is it possible to fit an Auto Eject drive to a Q605/LC475?

My project requires an auto eject drive otherwise I'll have to cut bits off the bezel and it will look sh*t

 

[unity]

As far as I know, the change is in the floppy drive unit itself. The specs on the floppy port itself remained the same. Meaning you should be able to use any auto-inject drive. Granted I have not tried auto-inject on some of the later models.

 

[MinerAl]

Yes you can.  LCIIs and LCIIIs came with both/either without changing anything about the logic board.  Further, I've accidentally switched them and wondered why floppies wouldn't fit in bezels right!

 

[BadGoldEagle]

Thanks guys. Guess that's the same for the Q605/LC475.

 

[Macdrone]

only issue is chassis as the slot does not align correctly.  so if your doing a hack, make sure the slot lines up to put in the disk.

 

[BadGoldEagle]

Yeah that's what I thought too.

Since the chassis is going to an issue, I might just swap it for another one. It might work best for my mod (I want to put a Q605 board inside a Classic)

Does the SE/30 chassis fit the Classic bucket & bezel?

 

[BadGoldEagle]

I've found this, which answers my question. I'll try with the original chassis.

 

[MinerAl]

The Classic and Classic II both had auto-inject, so if you mate an auto-inject with the 605 board (which works), your floppy will be fine.  Keep the stock Classic floppy drive in there, and you won't have any chassis issues. Trying to put a manual-inject in the Classic chassis could also work with some shimming/offsetting/angling.  It'd be easier to go with the floppy drive that was designed for the case/chassis.