Re: Disk transfer under Linux?

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

Eric Smith <eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com> wrote:
> Not if it's the usual 800K disk format used with the Apple 3.5 Drive.
> The base IIgs hardware is not capable of reading any disk format that
> can be written on normal PC hardware.
> 
> If you have an Apple FDHD drive (also known as Superdrive , not to be
> confused with the more recent DVD writer), AND you have the right
> disk controller plugged into a slot in your IIgs, then the IIgs can
> read and write the normal IBM 720K and 1440K floppy formats.

You may also be able to find a "floptical" drive (e.g. Tulin's) that
connects to a SCSI card.  Besides 20MB flopticals, they also read and
write 720K and 1440K 3.5" disks.

I'm not sure which is more common these days: floptical drives or
Superdrive controllers.

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