Re: Read //gs disks on Intel?

[david@uow.edu.au (David Wilson)]

Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> writes:
>It's not actually the newer Macs that can't handle 800k, it's the USB
>floppy drives. The main problem is that t's a single speed drive like
>PC floppy drives. As you're likely aware the Apple II and earlier
>Macs used a variable speed drive to cram 800k instead of 720k
>on a floppy.  When Apple went to high density drives they decided
>on going with a more compatibleformatting so we have 1440k disks
>instead of 1600k

Interestingly, the iMac has a place to solder a 20pin header to its motherboard.
You can then plug in an 800k or superdrive mechanism and access 800k disks.
[This is certainly true for the original iMac - I am not 100% certain if the
DVD machines still have it]. This will of course void your warranty.
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David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia