Classic mac fun (and some questions)

[Cameron Kaiser]

> > > Can I write mac or apple 2gs floppies with a PC floppy drive?
> >
> > If you have a raw disk image, sure. Only the original GCR disks cannot
> > be written that way, but the later MFM disks (of which the Q700 can most
> > definitely read) can be done with a PC from an image.
> 
> !!!
> Got a link to some software to do this?

Well, rawrite, anything like that :)

> through the floppy disk controller or can I do this with a usb floppy
> drive?

Depends on the program. I've only ever done this with an internal FDC
drive but I don't see a reason why an external USB wouldn't work.

> I was under the impression that mac floppy drives used some sort of
> variable speed voodoo that made them incompatible with PCs.

Not the (more) current MFM disks. The original GCR disks above do indeed
use a variable speed system and cannot be written by conventional PC drives.
However, the later MFM disks and "SuperDrives" (not to be confused with
Apple's contemporary use of the term) are bog standard except for the HFS.

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