Re: SuperDrive compatibility

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet>]

Peter Watson wrote:
> "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
> 20030707022403.23433.00000238@mb-m23.aol.com">news:20030707022403.23433.00000238@mb-m23.aol.com...
>
> > Apparently nibble editors are one such class--the Copy II Plus
> > 3.5" bit copy won't work with Superdrives.
>
>
> Won't work with SuperDrives, or won't work with the SuperDrive controller?
>
> My (possibly flawed) understanding was that a SuperDrive plugged into a IIgs
> port was physically indistinguishable from an 800K drive.
> --
> Peter Watson
> -- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
> -- Impossible!  ;-)

I was wondering how indistinguishable it is. The only software I can
think of that knows there's anything other than an 800k drive attached
is the AEHD driver.

Wayne