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Re: PowerPC Mac's Dont like 800k disks!!



Edward Floden (techren@eagle.ais.net) wrote:
: In article <4aoi4h$f4g@news.nevada.edu>, snit@nevada.edu (Snit) wrote:

: >The problem might be related to the extra hole in a 3 1/2 floppy.  If
: >the hole is there on an 800K Apple disk, simply cover it with tape and
: >the Mac can read it.

: If you've got an "extra hole" on your 3.5-inch disks, then you're using
: the wrong type of disk! 1.44MB disks have the "extra hole"; 800K disks
: don't.

What about connecting an 800k Apple drive to the Mac? Or is the connector
different? I don't have a Mac yet so I dunno...
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