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Re: How to read old Apple floppies on Mac?



In article <dzinkin2-6ECC67.21461724052001@typhoon1-1.nyroc.rr.com>,
Streaming Wizard <dzinkin2@rochester.rr.com> wrote:

> In article <240520011933571017%gwestonREMOVE@CAPShome.com>,
>  Greg Weston <gwestonREMOVE@CAPShome.com> wrote:
> 
> > How about first party? Apple had a 5.25" drive for the Mac primarily
> > intended for MS-DOS compatibility. I never tried reading an Apple //
> > disk in mine, though, and it's long-gone.
> > 
> > Also, Dayna had a 5.25" drive. Same comments apply.
> 
> Neither of these drives can read Apple II disks, but one company, 
> Kennect, did make two drives that would handle this trick.  Kennect sold 
> the Drive 360 and the Drive 1200, ...

You're right. I have the Rapport and the Drive 2.4, but completely
forgot about their 5.25" drive.

The drive 2.4...gotta love a device that stores 2.4M of data on a
medium that has a raw capacity of 2M.

G