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Re: Read PC 720k Floopy on Apple IIe?
- Subject: Re: Read PC 720k Floopy on Apple IIe?
- From: "Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:01:56 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: BigPond Internet Services
- References: <6jsxh.21241$fC2.6849@bignews4.bellsouth.net>
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"Payton Byrd" <plbyrd@bellsouth.no.spam.net> wrote in message
news:6jsxh.21241$fC2.6849@bignews4.bellsouth.net...
>I just ordered myself an external 800k 3.5" drive for my Apple IIe.
>Is there a program available that will allow me to read a PC 720K floppy
>from that drive?
The short answer is that an 800 Kb drive can't read or write 720 Kb PC
disks. As others have noted, Apple's Superdrive (the FDHD drive) with the
FDHD controller card can handle the 720 Kb and 1440 Kb format. There is also
the Bluedisk card which can attach real 720 Kb drives.
The slighly longer answer is that an Apple 800 Kb drive plugged into a PC
Transporter card (basically an 8088-like co-processor card) could read and
write 720 Kb disks (but not format them reliably). Basically this is for
interest only - I couldn't recommend it as a solution!
--
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible! ;-)