xdab@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Baird) (03/18/91)
Can Apple's 5.25 inch disk drive that is attached to a Mac II read Apple ][ 5.25 disks? If it can, does one use the Apple File Exchange software to read them? Thanks in advance. -- X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X X David Baird xdab@midway.uchicago.edu X X University of Chicago d-baird@uchicago.edu X X University Computing Organizations (312) 702-7161 X
russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) (03/18/91)
In article <1991Mar18.020242.8093@midway.uchicago.edu> xdab@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Baird) writes: >Can Apple's 5.25 inch disk drive that is attached to a Mac II read >Apple ][ 5.25 disks? If it can, does one use the Apple File Exchange >software to read them? It can't. The best way to read Apple II 5.25" disks is to transfer them to Apple II 800K disks using an Apple II with both. -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus. I mine 600 wells, and whaddo I get? Another day older and deeper in debt! --- Saddam Hussein.
drz@po.CWRU.Edu (David R. Zinkin) (03/19/91)
Apple's 5.25" drive won't let the Mac read Apple II disks, BUT:
Kennect now makes two 5.25" floppy drives which can read and write
various IBM and Apple II formats. If I remember correctly (someone
correct me if I'm wrong), these are the formats:
Drive 360: Reads, writes, and formats MS-DOS 360K
and Apple II 143K floppies (can't read, write,
or format MS-DOS 1.2 MB disks)
Drive 1200: Reads, writes, and formats MS-DOS 1.2 MB floppies
Reads and writes (but can't format) MS-DOS 360K
and Apple II 143K disks
In either case, you'll also need to buy Kennect's Rapport, a device
which connects to the floppy drive port; either Kennect drive can
then connect to Rapport. (I don't know if drives can be daisy-chained.)
As an added bonus, if your Mac doesn't have a SuperDrive (FDHD) then
Rapport lets your 800K floppy drive(s) read -- but not write or format --
MS-DOS 720K disks.
Disclaimer: I don't work for Kennect -- I'm not even a Kennect customer.
Hope this helps,
-- Dave
--
David Zinkin -- Case Western Reserve University (Student) and
Rochester General Hospital Radiology Dept. (Consultant)
"If we dream it, it can be done." -- Bob Anastas, founder of SADDu2104263@ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au (03/24/91)
IIn article <1991Mar18.020242.8093@midway.uchicago.edu>, xdab@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Baird) writes: > Can Apple's 5.25 inch disk drive that is attached to a Mac II read > Apple ][ 5.25 disks? If it can, does one use the Apple File Exchange > software to read them? > > Thanks in advance. > > Yes, I think so. I have transferred from ProDos to the Mac but I have not tried the older Apple ][ OS. > -- > X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X > X David Baird xdab@midway.uchicago.edu X > X University of Chicago d-baird@uchicago.edu X > X University Computing Organizations (312) 702-7161 X