- #Mac hard disk drive serial#
- #Mac hard disk drive update#
- #Mac hard disk drive software#
- #Mac hard disk drive code#
- #Mac hard disk drive plus#
#Mac hard disk drive code#
Apple officially dropped support for the HD 20 with System 6 as well as omitting the necessary ROM code beginning with the Macintosh II. Some third party companies offered a SCSI conversion kit which replaced the controller board thus preserving the user's investment in the expensive but proprietary Rodime drive.
#Mac hard disk drive plus#
However, the HD 20's unique design and position in the marketplace was quickly outmoded by the advancement of the significantly faster SCSI standard which also debuted with the Macintosh Plus in January 1986. The HD20 was not compatible with any other Apple computer or other platforms. Until Apple's introduction a year later of the Hard Disk 20SC, the first SCSI drive they manufactured, the HD 20 was the only Apple-manufactured hard drive available for any Macintosh except the Macintosh XL. In 1985, the HD 20 was an important step to solidifying the Macintosh as a true business computer and it was eagerly anticipated following its April announcement. Rotational Speed: the drive had a rotational speed of 45.73 rotations/second (2744 rpm) and access time of 85 ms.Access Time: Track to Track 10 ms Average 50 ms Maximum 150 ms Average Latency 10.9 ms.In addition, the HD 20 had a convenient "zero-footprint" design which fit precisely underneath the Macintosh, merely elevating it 3 inches, but otherwise taking up no more desk-space. With few exceptions, this along with complete compatibility with the new Hierarchical File System, gave Apple an instant edge over the competition. Apple instead engineered the HD 20 to use the faster floppy disk port, enabling the user to daisy-chain an external floppy disk drive as well as an additional HD 20.
#Mac hard disk drive serial#
Most of the hard drives which were available on the market used the slower serial port to transfer data per Apple's specifications. It also included a dedicated floppy disk port for one external floppy disk. Originally the Macintosh was designed with two serial ports which were to meet all the expansion needs of the user. While other hard drives were available on the market, Apple's HD 20 was generally preferred mainly because Apple broke their own development rules when they offered it. With the release of the Macintosh Plus and the Macintosh 512Ke, both containing the upgraded 128 kB ROM which contained the additional code, the HD 20 could finally be used alone as a startup disk. Unfortunately, the HD 20 could not be used as a startup disk directly without first loading the code from the floppy disk drive. An ingenious startup routine also allowed the Mac to check for the presence of a System file on the Hard Disk, switch over to it and eject the startup disk. In fact, even for the Macintosh 512K to use the drive, it required an additional file in the System Folder on a special startup disk which added additional code into memory during startup.
As a result, only the Macintosh 512K could access it the original Macintosh 128K did not have enough RAM to load the new file system.
#Mac hard disk drive update#
Therefore, Apple introduced it with a new System and Finder update which included the brand new Hierarchical File System allowing the user to better organize files on such a large volume. At the time when the average file size was around 10-20 kB and due to the vast number of those files the HD 20 could contain, Apple's original Macintosh File System, which did not allow for directories, would have made organizing those files unwieldy. The Hard Disk 20 (or HD20, as it was known colloquially) contained a 20 MB 3.5" Rodime hard disk which provided over 50 times the data storage of the stock 400 kB disk drive. By that time the SCSI interface introduced on the Macintosh Plus in January 1986, would accommodate far faster and more efficient hard drives, rendering the Hard Disk 20 virtually obsolete.
#Mac hard disk drive software#
It would be over a year more before Apple would release the file server software AppleShare that would link all of the hardware together. Introduced on September 17, 1985, it was part of Apple's long-awaited solution toward completing the Macintosh Office (a suite of integrated business hardware & software) announced in January 1985. The Macintosh Hard Disk 20 was the first hard drive developed by Apple Computer specifically for use with the Macintosh 512K.
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