Re: trying to get an Apple II GS going for fun...

["Mike Westerfield" <MikeW50@aol.com>]

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In article <3726a3fd.15525218@news.direct.ca>, wizard@direct.ca (R.
Priestley) wrote:


>A few questions come to mind about this come to mind for me...
>1] Can you still buy 800kb 3.5" Floppies?!?!?!?

Yes. WIndows 720K floppies are the same physical disk; you just need to
reformat the floppy.

In general, these are a bit rare--you will probably have to go to a company
that specializes in selling media. But they do still make them.

>2] Could I somehow attach the Apple 3.5" external floppy drive to my
>PC and use it to store files?!?!?! (I know: this is a super-big
>long-shot!!!)

Not directly, no. There might be an interface card around, but I don't know
that for sure.

>3] Can I use one of the aging Power Macs, like a Performa 5200 CD, at
>my workplace to read and write 800kb 3.5" floppies? I could download
>files there onto the Mac and drop the files onto disks to use for the
>][ GS?

Yes. In fact, that "aging" PowerMac will read and write 1.4M Windows disks
as well as 800K Apple IIGS disks, so you can do the downloads at home and
bring the results in for a quick session of copying files on the Macintosh.

Mike Westerfield