Re: REQUEST: Apple IIc 5.25" drive to borrow?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <zooropa-2709960020370001@news.enteract.com>,
Michael E. Rubin <zooropa@enteract.com> wrote:
>Thus, the request is this: I humbly ask the favour of anyone out there who
>would be willing to lend me an Apple 5.25" floppy drive that I'd be able
>to hook up to my Mac and read those 5.25" floppies' contents.  I would be
>more than happy to cover shipping costs and pay you a small stipend for
>this great favour.

   Except for the 5.25" drive that plugged into the //e emulation card
for some LC-style Macs, you can't access Apple II 5.25" disks from a
mac.

   Chalk it up to another layer of "shafting backwards compatability
and trying to divorce all traces of a good past."

Nathan Mates

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