Re: Mac Plus floppy interface

["Simon Biber" <xbiber@bigpond.net.au>]

Which Macs other than the Plus had this floppy connector? It seems to be
electrically compatible from my results but I think I need a special driver
to use the 5.25" drive.

BTW this isn't a GS floppy, it's from a platinum IIe. I'd love to get a 3.5"
drive for this IIe but don't know anywhere in Australia which would stock
such things at a reasonable price (under $50).

I also tried making an HFS 5.25" floppy to try on the Plus but it won't read
that either.

It was interesting figuring out how to make an HFS Apple 5.25" floppy. I
formatted a 140K file in the Mac emulator Basilisk II then used COPYA on the
DOS 3.3 master under ApplePC emulator to copy it from PO to DO format. Then
I used ADT to transfer over to a real floppy.

Simon.

Mike Pfaiffer <pfaiffer@mts.net> wrote:
> FYI, I also have a Mac plus. I have a unidisk clone attached to it. The
> 3.5 was attached to my file://e before I sold it and later to my GS before
I
> bought the AE drive. It works well on the Mac. Not so well on the GS.
>
> Your idea about connecting a GS floppy to the Mac sounds interesting.
> If you can do it with a plus then you can do it on any Mac with an
> external floppy connector. Since the Macs can read ProDOS 3.5 floppies
> if you have the appropriate software then there should be no problem
> reading the 5.25 floppies. The only problems I can see have to do with
> harware compatability. Perhaps some of the hardware gurus can address
> this issue.
>
> Later
> Mike