[X4U] OT: accessing old floppy disks

James S Jones jsjones at mac.com
Wed Mar 23 19:00:12 PST 2005


Mac floppy drives aren't IDE, so they won't work in a USB case. You 
can, however, connect any Mac since the Quadra 700 to a newer model 
with an ethernet crossover cable.

On Mar 23, 2005, at 4:55 PM, Valerie Maples wrote:

> A bit of a pain, but the best solution I could come up with under the
> circumstances.  I am of half a mind to salvage the old floppy drive 
> from my
> dead PPC 5260 and put it in a USB case.



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