Re: Apple ][ drive on Mac

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <mark.a.schneegurt.1-070398165526@tty47.tc1.nd.edu>,
Schneegurt <mark.a.schneegurt.1@nd.edu> wrote:
>Can an Apple ][ 5.25" floppy drive with a 19-pin connector be attached to
>either a MacSE or PPC?

   If it's a drive designed for an Apple II, nope. Despite *looking*
like it'd fit, (Apple's own version of plug and pray-- nobody's
innocent) you can't use that drive on anything other than a limited
subset of Macs (LC, LCII, LCIII, a few others) with the PDS //e LC
card and a special cable. 

   Apple made a special 5.25" drive for Macs able to read PC-style
5.25" disks, but that's far more rare than the real Apple II drives
from them-- which they couldn't be bothered to support until they'd
just about finished strangling the Apple II to a very messy death.

Nathan Mates
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