Re: re 5.25 drive

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <lampkp-2404981736490001@smpm0-224.itouch.net>,
 <lampkp@itouch.net> wrote:
>I am thinking of putting a 5.25 drive on a Mac IIsi so that I can download
>some Apple2 appl's for an Apple //e. Can this be done?

   Nope. Despite *looking* and *fitting* in the drive connector port,
the Mac has never had support for Apple II 5.25" drives. [They had
support for a while for IBM PC 5.25" drives which are quite different
at the hardware level.] Apple's idea to "migrate" people to the Mac by
selling them peripherals for the "old" hardware-- like the Unidisk
3.5". Forcing people to upgrade their old machines just before junking
is a better way to make people find the real power in the Apple II, as
opposed to anything rational out of Apple.

Nathan Mates

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