Re: Read PC 720k Floopy on Apple IIe?

["Bryan Parkoff" <nospam@nospam.com>]

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> On Feb 4, 4:39 pm, "Payton Byrd" <plb...@bellsouth.no.spam.net> wrote:
>> I just ordered myself an external 800k 3.5" drive for my Apple IIe.
>> Is there a program available that will allow me to read a PC 720K
>> floppy from that drive?  Is there software that let's me write an
>> Apple 800k floppy from a PC?  DOS is fine if necessary.
> The FAQ suggests that a SuperDrive might.  See:
> http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2FDRIVE.html#023
> To figure out what kind of drive you will end up and its capabilities,
> see:
> http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/drives.html
>

    If PC 720K floppy disk is MFM format, the answer is no.  SuperDrive will 
not be able to read PC 720K floppy disk.  It can only read Apple II 800K 
floppy disk using GCR format and PC 1.44MB floppy disk using MFM format.  I 
have doubts about 720K.
    I would suggest to use BlueDisk card.  It allows to read 720K and 1.44MB 
floppy drives from PC.  Also, you can transfer files from MS-DOS to ProDOS 
and you can format ProDOS on 720K and 1.44MB using MFM format.  It is only 
the option.  Hopefully, it helps.

Bryan Parkoff