Re: Floppy Interfaces

[Bryan Villados <news001@nospam_macgeek.org>]

In article <39BD5E11.7581F0D6@intergate.bc.ca>, Wayne Stewart
<waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:

> Simon Biber wrote:
> 
> > Is the DB-19 Floppy interface on my platinum IIe the same as the one on my
> > Mac Plus? Are there any drives which work on both? (I assume the Mac can't
> > read my 5.25" one).
> >
> > Simon.
> 
> I can't think of any drive that works on both the Mac floppy port and the IIe
> 
> 5.25 floppy controller. Definetly the Apple II 5.25" drives won't function on
> the
> Mac Plus. However there are(were) a number of 3.5" floppy drive controllers
> and SCSI cards for the IIe.
> 
>    Wayne

I'm curious about the incompatibility between an Apple II 5.25" drive
and a Macintosh Plus... Is it incompatibility on an electronics level
(wires don't match up, voltage, etc.), or is it more because of a lack
of a software driver for Mac OS?

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Bryan G Villados
Curator, Apple Museum-for-a-Day
Pearl City, Hawaii

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