Sorry. This is a common misconception. The early Macs used a special Sony drive that actually CHANGED SPEED depending on what track it was on. There were 4 possible rotational speeds, and thusly additional sectors on some tracks as well. A standard PC drive simply can't do the speed change, nor read the tracks at all. It requires additional hardware (read: expensive) to have a PC drive read disks created by an early Mac.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck" > Hi, Sorry but did I miss something? All PC's can read 720K format floppies, > and a Plus will be able to as well. You SHOULD be able to format your HD > floppies as DD. At the a command prompt on any PC (Windows or Dos) you type > format a:/F:720 to get a 720k disk. Now maybe I am wrong, but wont the Plus > see it as a "IBM Disk" and write to it? If you get a format failure on the > PC, then try format a:/F:720/U (some times you need the U uncondisitional > switch to get a HD to format in Double). You can also use a PC serial to Mac > serial and use Xterm or CrossTalk or any comm program > to get the two to talk, thou slowly). How about an external ZIP+ drive. Will > plus into both Mac SCSI and PC Parrlell. > Thou I dont remember if the ZIP driver for Mac will run on a Plus. > > I am lost at why this is so difficult...? > Chuck -- 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> --> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
