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Re: Copying Mac MFS disks on an Apple II

Subject: Re: Copying Mac MFS disks on an Apple II
From: "Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 15:08:20 -0700
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"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote
>
> I was going to say that I just snagged one of those drives on eBay,
> but it isn't here yet. I was hoping to see if I can write 400k disks on
> my IIgs. Do you need to have special disks for this?, or will it write
> an 800k disk to 400k?
>

The disks are the same as 800K disks.  But why would you want to use a 400K
drive when you could get 800K from the same disk?

BTW, those 400K drives had a severe problem with grease that turns to glue
over time.  You have to use some sort of solvent to dissolve it, and then
the optical sensors tend to temporarily stop working. If that happens, let
them sit for a few days to let the solvent evaporate and they should start
working again.
-Paul

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