On Oct 21, 2010, at 4:32 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > 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. >
Thanks, Bruce Just what I needed. I guess I'll keep my eyes open for some of those 120mb disks at the goodwill too:-) and a floppy drive could be handy at some point. Jeff -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
