Re: How to read old Apple floppies on Mac?

["Robert S. Ball" <bobball@qcnet.net>]

LC models at least up through the 475 accept an Apple IIe card with a 
SCSI port which accepts a 5 1/4 drive.

> :> 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.  But once 
> these files get moved to a ProDOS formatted 3.5, then any Mac with a 
> built-in floppy drive (meaning Beige G3 and earlier) should be able to 
> read them.  The IIe had the ability to use 3.5 ProDOS drives (I owned 
> one), and the IIGS did too (I still have mine).  As for email...if it 
> was really a II+ or maybe even a IIe, there's a strong probability they 
> won't be able to get to any place where they could send email.  AOL long 
> ago stopped supporting those systems (I know, I was a charter member who 
> got kicked off after they renamed to AOL and I didn't have a Mac or PC).  
> I seem to recall reading recently that the text-based Delphi system is 
> also no more.  So an email solution seems rather unlikely.
> 
> = Steve =

-- 
Bob Ball