[SATLUG] Mounting a Macintosh floppy

[Larry Blodgett]

Mac floppies (3 1/2 inch) came in three evolutions.  400k, 800k and 1.4 meg.
The 400k and 800k look identical (single hole) but obviously the 
formatting was different.  The 1.4 have two holes.  The MacOS 
operating system stop supporting 400k around 6.0.8 and by MacOS 8.0 I 
think 800k support was dropped.  Macs generally have had the 
capability to read and format standard DOS disks as well so that is 
another possibility (it probably is not a PC DOS disk).  If this is 
extremely valuable material let me know off list and I may be able to 
help you.

Linux distros that might work on a old powerbook.  Depends on the 
powerbook.  MKLinux supports generally older equipment (Mac II).  If 
the powerbook is fairly new you could checkout Yellowdog, Mandrake or 
LinuxPPC.


>I've got an old powerbook you can use if that will work.  It's just sitting
>in my garage right now.  By the way, are there any linux distros that would
>work on an older powerbook?
>
>Ted
>


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Larry Blodgett
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