Yes, 400K floppy drives were variable speed...
On May 28, 9:42 pm, James Fraser <wheresthatistanbul-
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> --- On Thu, 5/28/09, Dark_Mac <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Check out this site, it has information on how to make Mac
> > OS disks using your PC.
>
> >http://home.earthlink.net/~gamba2/pc2mac.html
>
> I clicked on a few of the links on that page, and if I understand correctly,
> none of those suggestions are going to work for an 800k floppy drive-equipped
> Mac Plus.
>
> >Due to irreconcilable physical differences in the floppy drives of PCs and
> >>Macs, a Mac 128, 512, Plus, original SE, or un-upgraded II cannot use this
> >>procedure. If you have one of these, you'll need to get a Mac that can
> >>read PC floppies or find someone willing to make floppies for you.
>
> Off the top of my head, I believe the "physical differences" referred to
> above are the variable speed floppy disk drives that early model Macintoshes
> were equipped with. If I understand correctly, these drives are why compact
> Macs were able to store 800k on a floppy vs. the 720k storage capacity of PC
> floppy drives of the same timeframe.
>
> That being the case, I'm fairly (though not 100%) sure that the only recourse
> a Mac Plus owner has is to ask someone else who has access to a
> SuperDrive-equipped Mac to make a boot disk for them.
>
> I could be mistaken in my assertions, but the boot disk problem has come up
> on the list so many times before that I fondly imagine even *I* understand
> what's going on. :)
>
> Best,
>
> James Fraser
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