Re: Ms-Dos FST

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:48:29 GMT, Bart wrote:

>   The FST is read only, and
>>only if you have hardware installed that can read MS-DOS disks (like the
>>original Apple Superdrive, AKA the 1.44MB drive).
>
> Or the PC Transporter with TRANSDRIVE which allows you to read 360k 5.25
> floppies or you can also read 720k floppies on an 800k Apple drive plugged
> into the trasndrive or the PC Transporter drive connector.  By the way, it
> also allows you to format ProDOS 360k 5.25 floppies which are compatable
> with the Diamond Trackstar 360k floppy accessable from the  a Trackstar and
> with the addition of the floppy pass-thru card on a PC 5.25 360k floppy
> drive (but only with the later Trackstar Drivers, not those available from
> Emerald City). On a related theme, a floppy so formated (360k ProDOS)
> cannot be read on an Apple PC Drive floppy on a Mac II with AFE.

Were the connectors for the PC fdds standard on a PC Transporter or did you
have
to use the drives AE suppled?

>
> jus muddying the waters ;)
> -Bart
> Keeper of the Network from Heck

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