Apple IIe data Help

From: Paul Braun <nerdware_at_laidbak.com>
Date: Wed Sep 20 23:10:52 2000

>From what I understand, Zane Healy spake thus:
>
> Can a PowerMac handle a ProDOS floppy?

Yup. I have a "High-speed Scsi card Utilities" disk sitting in my
7600 right now, and it opens up just ducky. You have to shut File
Sharing down first, though.....

 I know my PowerBook 540c and SE/30
> can. I also know that when I had to read in a lot of floppies I broke out
> my PowerBook 540c instead of using my PowerMac 8500. I've wondered if the
> real reason for dropping floppies isn't because they suck so bad on
> PowerMacs speed wise!
>

Good question. Shouldn't the speed be the same?

> So basically my questions are:
> 1. Which version of the Mac OS was support for ProDOS dropped
> 2. Can any PowerMacs read ProDOS floppies
>

2) Yup. Provided they have Superdrives in them. I doubt that the
new SuperDisk drives can.....so that would be anything up to a
beige G3.

1) All my PowerMacs (except the Duo 280c) are running 8.6.1, so I
can speak up to there, but I don't know about 9.





Paul Braun WD9GCO
Cygnus Productions
nerdware_nospam_at_laidbak.com

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Received on Wed Sep 20 2000 - 23:10:52 BST