Re: reading 5.25" apple II floppies with a mac

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ljsilicon@aol.com (LJSILICON) wrote:

>> can I�@connect a 3.5'' disk drive
>>to an Apple //e and copy the files to the 3.5''
>
>Yes, if you can lay your hands on a Unidisk and a Unidisk controller, you can
>copy your files from a 5.25" disk to a 3.5" disk. ProDOS would be the system
to
>use. The Mac should be able to read the 3.5 inch disk. Make sure that you use
>DS/DD disks (800k variety). If you must use DS/HD then cover the hole at the
>top left side of the disk with tape before inserting it into the Mac. The Mac
>will recognize it as an unitialized disk if you don't do that.

Laser UDC will actually work with an external SuperDrive, common
in older Macs, but only in 800k mode.  The SuperDrive controller
will drive an external SuperDrive in both 800k and 1.44MB versions.

All from the IIe...