Reading various format 5.25" floppies on a PC

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon Jun 16 21:11:00 2003

> > > Which Macs have the floppy disk controller on a separate/replaceable
> > > board?
> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Tony Duell wrote:
> > Well, actually, any Mac with expansion slots can take an FDC card. I
> > have one of the Apple manuals on designing peripheral cards for macs,
> > and the example is an MFM-compatible floppy controller (!).
>
> OK,
> You talked me into getting a "new" Mac!

Watch out, I think some of the newer macs may be lacking slots again :-(

> When did they start having expansion slots?

The Mac II has Nubus slots (well, close to Nubus -- Apple had to change a
few things because they're Apple...) and the SE has the PDS (Processor
Direct Slot, basically the 68k bus)

> That manual sounds VERY interesting. At your convenience could you look
> up the exact title, etc. so that I can start looking for one?

Sure...

>
> When I was dealing with Macs, Apple was NOT enthusiastic about third party
> hardware!
>
> I am not very in touch with "current" computer systems.

Nor am I, but the Macs I mentions are actually on-topic for this list...

-tony
Received on Mon Jun 16 2003 - 21:11:00 BST