5 Jun
2009
5 Jun
'09
10:22 a.m.
Can I write mac or apple 2gs floppies with a PC floppy
drive?
If you have a raw disk image, sure. Only the original GCR disks cannot
be written that way, but the later MFM disks (of which the Q700 can most
definitely read) can be done with a PC from an image. through the floppy disk controller or can I do this
with a usb floppy
drive?
Depends on the program. I've only ever done this with an internal FDC
drive but I don't see a reason why an external USB wouldn't work.
I was under the impression that mac floppy drives used
some sort of
variable speed voodoo that made them incompatible with PCs.
Not the (more) current MFM disks. The original GCR disks above do indeed
use a variable speed system and cannot be written by conventional PC drives.
However, the later MFM disks and "SuperDrives" (not to be confused with
Apple's contemporary use of the term) are bog standard except for the HFS.
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