On Oct 21, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > I have an Imation superdisk drive that I picked up at the local goodwill. it > looks to be in good shape with the power adapter.... question is, is it any > good for anything? does it work with tiger via classic mode? and where in the > world would I find disks for the thing? I only gave a buck for it. Jeff
It'll read/write regular 3.5" floppy disks natively in OS X; it's a USB storage device, so it doesn't need any drivers. I just took mine off the desk and put it in the storage closet here at work after realizing it had been about two years since I needed to read a floppy disk. The LS-120 120Mb disks they use are out there, here's one place selling 'new' ones for $20 each: <http://tinyurl.com/2eeyp8p> (I'm sure they're new old stock because I doubt anyone is making these things anymore.) I found them as cheap as $3 used, but a used floppy disk? Probably not worth it. Considering that Sandisk 2GB SD cards are on sale at Walgreens this week for $16 for two (my car stereo has an SD slot so I've been looking for 'em), spending that kind of money to store 120 Mb is crazy, but $1 for a USB floppy disk drive is a good deal, and the power brick itself is worth that much, it's pretty heavy duty 1.5 amp one. -- 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 a member of G-Group, 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
