Re: Making Apple II or C64 floppies with PC 5.25" drive?

["Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com>]

"Brian Kendig" <brian@enchanter.net> wrote in message 
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>I recently obtained some old 5 1/4-inch floppy drives for PCs. If I
> install one in my PC, is there some Windows utility which will let me
> use it to write data onto it in a way that'll be readable by Apple II
> or Commodore 64 (or 128) computers? More specifically, given this drive
> and a blank floppy and a disk image file of an old 8-bit game, will I
> be able to write the image onto the floppy such that it'll boot the old
> computer it was made for?
>

C64 yes, Apple II, no.

A modded 1541 drive can read 180k single sided MS-DOS DD floppies with 
special software. A 1571 can read standard 360k DOS DD floppies with 
appropriate software.

As for disk images, once you get them transferred to the commodore there a 
programs that will write them to real disks. If this is all you want to do 
though, it might be easier to build/buy an XE1541 cable and hook the 
commodore drive up to your PC.

Dig around for more info and figure out what's best for you.

-Greg