Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!ames!claris!apple!kateley
From: kateley@Apple.COM (Jim Kateley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac II upgrade & an alternative
Message-ID: <18086@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 2 Oct 88 07:32:00 GMT
References: <670@stech.UUCP> <76000288@p.cs.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: kateley@apple.com.UUCP (Jim Kateley)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <76000288@p.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>Is it really true that the Apple superdrive won't WRITE MS-DOS
>floppies -- it can only read them?  Is this restriction in hardware?
>
The FDHD can both read and write MS-DOS disks, using Apple File Exchange.
I'm kind of confused as to why this became an issue, is there some sort
of press release or product notice that says the FDHD will only read disks?

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