Re: 3.5" 800k drives on IIe

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Gregory Kleverlaan <gregk@fl.net.au> wrote:

>I have an apple IIe with 5.25" disk drive.
>I also have a few mac 512ks with 3.5" 800k floppies that seem to have
>the same connector as the apple 5.25" floppy drive.

Sure.  You need to get a controller card to use 3.5" disk drives,
however.  The SuperDrive card from Shreeve Systems will
run BOTH 1.44MB SuperDrives and 800k floppy drives.

The Universal Disk Controller will allow you to run Mac 800k
drives.

Thus, either of these two cards will do.

>I was wondering. Can I use the 800k mac drive on my apple IIe?

YES!  See above.

>                           Can I use the 5.25" Drive on my Mac 512k?

No.

>Please let us know. Is there instructions for creating a cable so I can
>transfer *.dsk Image
>files from my IBM pc to my Apple IIe so I can play the games. What
>software do I need
>on my Apple to convert the *.dsk files to readable/bootable disk files.

A program called DSK2FILE will convert in either direction and
yes, a 3.5" drive helps.  Ask around for the location ...