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Re: corrupted floppies

Subject: Re: corrupted floppies
From: shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)
Date: 1998/06/20
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Organization: SouthWind Internet Access, Inc.
References: <358909D4.5DFFD408@netcomi.com> <1998061902261600.WAA19824@ladder01.news.aol.com> <19JUN199816275166@vax2.concordia.ca>

Mitchell Spector (spec@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:

:     Of course if you connect an Apple 3.5 up to an SuperDrive card,
: it will still be limited to only accessing GCR (400K/800K floppies).
: I believe you can even have an IBM 3.5 drive read GCR, if you have
: a special (rare) controller card.

It kinda bites how an 800K drive can't read 720K disks when it's on a 
superdrive card. It doesn't even work with a superdrive equipped Mac. I was 
figuring it'd work until I tried it.
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