Re: Which Apple disk drive have I bought?

[rigby@ptd.net (Jon H.)]

That Apple PC drive was the one that came with an SE/PDS card for the Mac
SE.  It let Mac SE users read 360K DOS floppies.

Jon





In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970517164808.8501B-100000@moose>, Paul Schultz
<pschultz@med.wayne.edu> wrote:

>On 17 May 1997, Jason Whorton wrote:
>
>> Hello.  I bought an Apple disk drive in hopes that it might work with an
>> Apple II.  On the bottom, it reads, Apple PC 5.25 Drive.  It is platinum, I
>> guess, in color.  What is it?
>> 
>
>This sounds like the 5.25" PC disk drive which came with a special
>interface card. It was designed to be connected to a Mac and allow
>the Mac to read IBM PC style 5.25" disks.
>
>Sadly, it cannot be used with an Apple II.
>
>Paul.
>
>pschultz@med.wayne.edu
>Paul Schultz

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