]> Is there any way Linux will read Mac floppy disks?
]
]If they are 1.44meg floppies the answer is yes, you can either use
]hfsutils or compile in the experimental hfs filesystem support in linux
]and you are off. Those 800k floppies on the other hand will not work,
]there is specific hardware support required to get that to work.
For a Mac, they are 1.4Mb disks. The MAC should be able to read/write PC
disks too - most Macs these days do.
As for the 800Kb disks, the Mac uses a variable speed drive in order to
increase the capacity of the disk - slows down when it moves to outer tracks
thus enabling it to write more. Cute idea - got 80K more than the PC did
(Amiga gets more :)
If you have access to a ZIP drive, you could use that...
Gary
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