Re: pc drive card

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

Thomas Bosboom <bmsbosbo@knoware.nl> wrote:

> a friend oif mine owns a mac IIfx (upgraded to an fx, that is) which has
> a card called PC drive Card , manufactered by Apple,
> in one of its Nubus slots. It dated 1987
> Does anyone now what it is?

(This is the wrong newsgroup for this question, but I'll answer it
anyway.  Macintosh questions belong in the comp.sys.mac groups.)

Apple made a PC-compatible 5.25" drive around 1987 or 1988.  It was
supports on the Mac SE and any NuBus Mac, by inserting the appropriate
controller card.

If my recollection is correct, it only supported 360K disks.  It was a
special drive, with some features similar to Apple's native drives.  The
card will not work with standard PC 5.25" drives.

You need to run Apple File Exchange to make use of it, which means
running System 7.0.1 or earlier (or possibly 7.1).

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