Re: 3.5 inch floppy drive

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote:

> A bit off topic but There are a few different drives that'll work with a
> 128k Mac. However if you just want to know if a IIgs 3.5" drive will work
> with a 128k Mac then the answer is yes. A friend of mine used one on a
> 128k Mac so that he could use 800k or 400k disks

That would a neat trick.  The Mac 512KE and Plus were the first models
to support 800K disks.  The 128K and 512K machines are 400K only (unless
they can be tricked into doing a double sided 800K disk in MFS instead
of HFS).

Perhaps this "128K Mac" had its motherboard replaced with a 512KE or
Plus motherboard?

I'd expect an Apple 3.5 Drive to work as a 400K drive on a 128K or 512K
Mac.