Re: Is ProDOS supported in OSX?

["Michael Pender" <mpender@hotmail.com>]

Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz> wrote in message
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> In <ehgRa.10802$kI5.677@nwrddc02.gnilink.net> M. Pender wrote:
>
> > Given time, Apple will probably eliminate floppies entirely.  So then
> > should I transfer all my old files to Zip disk?  Or CDROM?  Or
> > floptical? Or magneto-optical?  Perhaps QIC-80 tape?
>
> Um, Apple eliminated the floppy drive from all their new Macs almost _
> five_ years ago. Apart from JWolf, no one really noticed.

I thought that Apple still makes 3.5" drives (well, that Sony still makes
the drives and Apple still slaps their logo on the box) but that they just
have to be purchased separately.  I'm amazed, my opinion of Apple's
"different thinking" has sunk even lower.

- Mike