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- From: farren@shore.net (Mike Farren)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Amiga floppy drive questions
- Date: 16 Mar 1996 21:31:33 -0500
- Organization: Focus Studios
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- Matt Anderson writes:
-
- >1. Can I use a 1.44M floppy from a PC with my A3000?
-
- Yes, but only as a double-density (i.e., 880K) drive. The high density
- format will *not* work.
-
- >2. If not, where can someone pick up the higher density Amiga floppy drive?
- > For about how much?
-
- I got mine through comp.sys.amiga.marketplace, which is always a good place
- to start. Figure $75-$125. I don't know if they're available at retail
- anywhere - with luck, someone else will.
-
- >3. If I understand correctly, this higher density drive would be able to
- >read the newer Mac floppies (1.4M?), but not the older 800K floppies?
-
- That's correct. The older Mac floppies use a variable-speed drive to
- cram 800K onto themselves, and cannot be read in any "standard" floppy
- drive. What you *can* do is to obtain an older Mac external floppy
- unit (they're pretty easy to find used), and get the hack which allows
- you to connect it to your Ami from Aminet. Whether or not that will
- work with ShapeShifter, I don't know.
-
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