Macintosh SE-to-Macintosh SE/30 Upgrade: Drive Issues




I have a Macintosh SE with two floppy drives. Can I upgrade to a Macintosh
SE/30 with one Apple SuperDrive (formerly Apple FDHD) and one 800K floppy
drive?

It is not possible to upgrade a Macintosh SE with two floppy drives to a
Macintosh SE/30 with one SuperDrive and one 800K floppy drive. This is
because the Macintosh SE/30 logic board has only one internal floppy-drive
connector. When upgrading a dual floppy drive Macintosh SE, you must
remove one of the internal floppy drives.

It is possible to upgrade to the SuperDrive without also upgrading to the
Macintosh SE/30 logic board. In this case it would be possible to retain
both floppy drives.



Published Date: Feb 18, 2012