11 Dec
2003
11 Dec
'03
4:36 a.m.
Sneaker-netting floppies is also potentially viable,
but you really do
need a Mac for that. An old one will do, and would probably be even
suitable *and* appropriate. My workstation IIci does regular duty as an
imaging system, since it can image MS-DOS HD/DD floppies, Mac GCR 400K
floppies, Mac 800K and HD floppies, and ProDOS floppies. God bless PC
File Exchange and System 7.1.
Oops, one warning that bears repeating ... this applies to ProDOS 3.5"
floppies only. NEVER EVER PLUG AN APPLE II 5.25" DRIVE INTO A MAC!!!
The plug is the same, but the pinouts are horribly different, and this
can easily destroy the computer's FDC so thoroughly even the internal drive
won't work.
The later Apple II series 3.5" drives can be safely attached to any Mac
with a floppy port. Only the 5.25" drives (*all of them,* even the last
revision of the UniDisk) are totally, utterly incompatible.
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