Re: MacPlus question

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From: David C.
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:31

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NOT.diskworld@mac.com.INVALID (Zaphod B) writes:
> 
> One other thing: 
> You say you made copies in your G3's floppy drive. I'm just shooting in
> the dark here: When - if ever - did Mac floppy drives stop making true
> HFS 800 K disks? Did they ever? Was there ever a G3 model that only made
> DOS-style 720K disks? If so, that could explain parts of this - maybe.
> As I said - wild guess.

Apple's internal floppy drives never stopped supporting the 800K format.
A beige G3 should be able to make the disks from the images.

Apple dropped support for 800K when they stopped shipping floppy drives
altogether (starting from the iMac.)

-- David

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