My Reply follows quote. On 07/09/2003 13:35 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Hi list, > >(I'm still struggling with that 7600 and the empty desktop, as soon as >I fix it I'll post a followup). > >My today's question regards floppies. Is there any way one could use a >5.25" floppy on a Powermac (pci)? If so, which drive would it be and >what controller would be needed (if at all). > >I see that Apple has done its ways with floppy world (see >http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/drives.html ) but the info is >incomplete... So - any ideas? > >What made me think was the empty connector on my 4400's motherboard >which says MFM, the internal floppy is connected to the GCR connector. ---------- Hmmm. I don't think so. It seems to me that the only 5 1/4 floppy I have ever seen attached to a Mac was one associated with a DOS or PC Compatibility Card. As such it only served the ancient PC world stuff.
Even the earliest Macs would die a sudden death if you attached a 5 1/4 floppy to any of their ports. I have moved data from 5 1/4 floppies to a Mac by using an Apple //gs to first put the data on 3 1/2 inch floppies and then reading those with the Mac. Ken -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
