PC 5.25 drive in Mac II Question

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From: At 'MAC'simum efficiency!
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 1989 17:23

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Hi,

I have an Apple PC Drive 5.25" external connected to my Mac II.  I use it with
Apple File Exchange and SoftPC (Third party product) to read MS-DOS floppies.

It is a 360k 5 1/4" floppy drive.  My question is:

Can I replace the 360K drive in the external box with a 720k one?  The 720k
drives are cheap and I have alot of IBM software that is in 720k format.  Will
the Apple nuBus controller handle the 720k drive correctly???

Thanks for any help

Phil Hunt

PS.  Please resond with EMAil.  Our site has disabled USENET distribution for
the time being.....

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From: phil@vaxphw.dec.com (At 'MAC'simum efficiency!)
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Subject: PC 5.25 drive in Mac II Question
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Date: 5 Apr 89 17:23:06 GMT
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