AppleTalk on the hoof

From: r. 'bear' stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Mon Jun 12 14:37:25 2000

On 11 Jun 2000, Eric Smith wrote:

> "r. 'bear' stricklin" <red_at_bears.org> wrote:
> > I'm pretty sure it's just a ROM limitation, as the SE/30 uses the exact
> > same floppy drive as the later IIci and others which can't read or write
> > the older GCR-type disks.
>
> Huh? My IIci reads and writes 400K and 800K GCR disks with no problems
> whatsoever. As does my SE/30.

Huh, indeed. I must have misremembered the list. PowerMacs certainly won't
do it, and I was pretty sure that most, if not all, of the '90s Macs
wouldn't either.

I'll have to see if I can remember where I read that and refresh my
memory.

ok
r.
Received on Mon Jun 12 2000 - 14:37:25 BST