My Reply follows quote. On 24/03/2005 23:12 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >>From: Jackman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Any computer newer than the GS will not use an external drive alder >>than the 800K (720K, whatever) 3.5" floppy drive. In fact I've read >>that using the 5.25" external drive an a new computer has potentially >>damaging effects as the control mechanisms are fundamentally diffirent >>-- I believe it was from an Apple source but could have been some >>other authoritative source. It is certainly possible that if you >>indeed tried using the 5.25" drive first, then you might have stressed >>the drive controller beyond repair. Sorry for the bad news. I hope >>you can find me wrong. >> >>Jackman. >>KD7NYQ. > >Hi again; > >Jack, I think I didn't describe very clearly. Let me try again. >I created some stuff on a 2c years ago. What I wanted to do was >use an available 2gs to move stuff from the 5 1/4 floppies forward >to keep them archived on my G3. > >The 2gs was the place I couldn't get anything to 'read' from the >opposing disks simultaneously. I had an external 800 k drive that >would read system 6 happily... OR I could restart the machine and >read the 5 1/4 floppies that were starting up on the System master. > >I could go back and forth, but had / have no clue how to get them >to BOTH be accessable at the same time to actually achieve the >desired migration of data to the floppies. Obviously once the >data is on an 800k, it should drop nicely into the floppy drive >of the G3 to its final resting place. > >Sorry if I was 'clear as mud' last time. Hope this makes more >sense than the first attempt. > >Don ----------------- If you are using a //gs, and are using both 3.5" and 5 1/4" drives, "daisy chained" to the floppy drive port, make sure that the 3.5" drive is first in the chain.
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