Mac floppy drive question

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_exit109.com>
Date: Wed Aug 26 21:45:01 1998

> Okay, this is probably a dumb question, but will an 800k drive function in a
> Mac 512k? Since the ROM only recognizes the smaller-size drive, will it just
> ignore the top R/W head and work fine otherwise?

Actually, IIRC, it will recognize the drive as double sided, *but* you will
still be limited to the old MFS format, rather than the newer HFS.

<<John>>
Received on Wed Aug 26 1998 - 21:45:01 BST