On Jan 20, 2009, at 9:25 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
> > Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >> On Jan 17, 2009, at 3:07 PM, Charles Davis wrote: >> >>> On Jan 17, 2009, at 2:50 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: >>> >>>> well, I know it's got a built-in floppy drive... if I get a USB >>>> floppy >>>> for the emac, that should work fine for the file transfer... >>>> unless I >>>> need to reformat the disk on the emac side? that would be not so >>>> good. >>>> you know if the current mac format is the same as macs of that era? >>>> Jeff >>> Expect it to NOT be. >> >> >> >> Umm there have only ever been three Mac floppy disk formats: 400K, >> 800K (neither of which OS X reads) and the original 'superdrive' 1.2 >> meg disks. >> >> The Performa has a 1.2 meg disk, OS X will read it just fine. >> >> > That would be 1.44 Mb disk You're right, but it's been like a decade since I used them regularly...:-) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
