[X4U] OT: accessing old floppy disks

[Kirk McElhearn]

On 3/23/05 4:21 PM, "Jim Freeman" <jpfreeman at mac.com> wrote:

> A collegue of my wife needs to get at some important documents that are
> on Macintosh formatted double density floppy disks. He says all the
> disk drives he has tried only support high density disks.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> How far back do you have to go to find a Mac that can read a DD disk? I
> have an old 180c powerbook at my parents' house somewhere.

Anything before the first iMac. If it's really important, you can get a USB
floppy disk drive. Once you get the stuff on the 180c, can you get it off?
 
 
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