Re: How to read old Apple floppies on Mac?

[Streaming Wizard <dzinkin2@rochester.rr.com>]

In article <240520011933571017%gwestonREMOVE@CAPShome.com>,
 Greg Weston <gwestonREMOVE@CAPShome.com> wrote:

> In article <steve.w.jackson-22219B.17052624052001@nntp.mindspring.com>,
> Steve W. Jackson <steve.w.jackson@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> > In article <bsharvy-CCC642.14021424052001@news.efn.org>,
> >  Ben Sharvy <bsharvy@efn.org> wrote:
> > 
> > :> Or email the files from the II, and read the email on a different 
> > :> machine.
> > :> 
> > :> The LC's had the ability to read Apple disks, didn't they?
> > 
> > No Mac model has EVER had the ability to read 5-1/4 floppies unless some 
> > third-party manufacturer sold a 5-1/4 drive I'm not aware of.
> 
> How about first party? Apple had a 5.25" drive for the Mac primarily
> intended for MS-DOS compatibility. I never tried reading an Apple //
> disk in mine, though, and it's long-gone.
> 
> Also, Dayna had a 5.25" drive. Same comments apply.

Neither of these drives can read Apple II disks, but one company, 
Kennect, did make two drives that would handle this trick.  Kennect sold 
the Drive 360 and the Drive 1200, which were primarily meant for reading 
5.25" PC disks but were also advertised as having the ability to read 
Apple II DOS 3.3 and ProDOS floppies.  Both required a device called the 
Rapport, which plugged into the Mac's external floppy port and also gave 
the internal 3.5" drive the ability to read 720K PC disks.

Unfortunately, I've never seen one of these drives on the used market, 
and the few reviews I read at the time of the products' release didn't 
focus on Apple II compatibility, so I can't give even a secondhand 
account of how well they worked for this purpose.

 -- DZ

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