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Installing 800k/1.44mb Apple floppy drive

Started by Zhinu, June 16, 2026, 05:45:56 PM

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Zhinu

Does anyone know what drive carrier you need to install an Apple 800k/1.44mb drive into a Sun Remarketing Macintosh XL? I have one that has a third party drive (a modified Fujitsu with leaking SMD caps) that has begin to fail, and while I assume recapping it will fix it, I'm wondering what would be the best way to replace the drive if it fails in the future?

So far I've found that if you remove/bend pin 9 on a 1.44mb floppy and toss it into a machine that has the 800k ROM/IWM (speaking of that, is the IWM shared with any other Macs?) it works as a 800k drive without any modifications needed to the Lisa. However, with my current drive mounts, the floppy drive sits too high, and gets blocked by the bezel.