Re: floppy drive

[Stuart Bell]

On Saturday, November 29, 2003, at 09:27 AM, Guido Van Poucke wrote:

I could attach a floppy drive to my G3 via USB. But the vendor keeps 
telling
me that modern usb floppy drives cannot read, write or format 800 K 
disks.

They are right, sadly.

Could I somehow connect the SE to the G3 to transfer things on the 800 
K
disk in the SE?

Assuming it's not a beige G3 with 'proper' serial ports, then it's 
non-trivial, I'm afraid. (IF it is, it's simple, just tell us!)

I wonder if a USB-serial adapter would work, but have no experience.

Ditto with serial-Ethernet, which would cost more than the SE is worth, 
but might more probably work.

If someone cares to answer, please keep it simple, as I am not 
familiar with
the inner workings of a Mac.
Easiest route might be to decide what you want on your floppies, and 
see if any list members in your country can help if you pay for the 
return postage costs.

It's a growing problem, probably best solved by serious collectors 
keeping at least one Mac with 800Kb writing ability and an Ethernet 
port!

Stuart

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