On Friday, March 28, 2003, at 02:57 PM, Randal Du wrote: > Ok. > > I have a Classic, an SE FDHD, and a LC III. All of > them should have a Superdrive right? Not in my case. > All three can read MAc 400k, 800k, and 1.4 floppies, > but none of them can read PC disks. I get the "this > floppy is not Mac formatted...blah blah blah" message. > My Performa 637 can read PC disks however. > > My question is this, do all of my Macs have some > weird, ultra rare floppy drive that is a high density, > but not a superdrive, or am I just confused? >
With Superdrives, you still need the right s/w to read PC floppies. It varied from Mac OS to Mac OS, eventually being part of the system. Cue the experts to remind us how PC-floppy compatibility evolved: -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
