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Re: More Floppy info

2009-03-24 by alancurrall

If you already have an old Apple serial cable you can find instructions for rewiring one end of that, for use with your Emax, at the Emulator Archive ( http://www.emulatorarchive.com/Archives/Samplers/EmaxOverview/EmaxEditors/emaxeditors.html )

--- In emax@yahoogroups.com, "s*" <scartattack@...> wrote:
>
> I read in a few places that a Mac Classic floppy will work in an Emax.  I
> got a Mac Classic from a friend of mine last night.  I opened it up only to
> find that it uses a different ribbon cable.  Does anyone know if there is a
> ribbon cable available out there to convert this to a standard floppy cable
> and if so, where they might be available?  Also, can anyone confirm 100%
> that a Mac Classic drive will work in an Emax?  As I have mentioned before,
> I have tried several PC Floppy Drives, all with ID's set to 0 and my Emax
> will not recognise them.  It does however recognise the original drive (but
> the original drive seems to only read now, it will no longer save or
> format).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -s*
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

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