[comp.sys.apple2] Mac 400k drives on a IIGS?

rankins@argentina.crd.ge.com (raymond r rankins) (10/06/90)

Here's a simple question that I need an answer for quickly.

Can a Mac 400k drive be hooked up to an Apple IIGS through the IIGS
smartport or daisy-chained off of an Apple 3.5" drive?  Will I be able
to read 400k disks with it?  Will it fry the smartport or 3.5" drive
if I do hook it up to it?

Thanks in advance,
Ray


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MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET (10/07/90)

On Fri, 5 Oct 90 19:09:05 GMT <info-apple-request@APPLE.COM> said:
>Here's a simple question that I need an answer for quickly.
>
>Can a Mac 400k drive be hooked up to an Apple IIGS through the IIGS
>smartport or daisy-chained off of an Apple 3.5" drive?  Will I be able
>to read 400k disks with it?  Will it fry the smartport or 3.5" drive
>if I do hook it up to it?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Ray
>
>
>Ray Rankins          |(518) 387-7174 | INTERNET: rankins@argentina.crd.ge.com
>2 Moonglow Rd.       |(518) 583-3320 | COMPUSERVE: 71131,3236
>Gansevoort, NY 12831 |               | AmericaOnline: RayRankins
><insert standard disclaimer here>    | GEnie: R.Rankins

No, it won't hurt the GS, but I don't know if it'll work.  I hooked one up
last year, but the drive was broken.  Everything but the motor worked (and ejec
t).  So, of course, I couldn't tell if it was possible to read or write from on
e, only that it didn't hurt my GS.  I would -imagine- that it would work,
considering the GS's 3.5" drive can read 400k Prodos/GS/OS disks and format
them.

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