Don, unfortunately, that won't solve his problem. The CD SC drive is a CD-ROM drive. Cannot read floppies. The Commodore 64 formats floppies in a completely different manner than an Apple II. So, I don't think there's a way to do it, except by kludging a cable together that hooks his Commodore 1541 or 1571 drive up to a PC's parallel port. With Apple II software, it's easier, in that you can use a LC series machine with the IIe card and an Apple 5.25 Drive connected to the card. Then you can transfer files to the internal floppy drive on the LC. -J
>Lavode, > >I donít believe that this will accompish your goal, but may somehow be >a transition step between the 5 1/4î floppy drive. ìThis is an AppleCD >SC, which is a peripheral device for Macintosh or Apple ][ computers >that allows one to access the information stored on CD-ROMî by either. >The CD-ROM drive is what would, I guess, be a 1X drive and comes with >a 5 1/4î Apple ][ CD Setup floppy disk and a Macintosh CD Setup 3.5 >inch floppy disk, an Apple CD Caddy and the AppleCD SC Ownerís Guide >manual. The AppleCD SC Rom unit has the usual 2 SCSI ports as well as >head phone and speaker ports. Not included with the unit but needed to >connect to an Apple ][ are SCSI cables, SCSI terminator and a Apple ][ >SCSI card, Rev C ( according to the user guide/manual ). I have this >in the original Apple packing box, although I have never used it. It >belonged to my son who had an Apple ][e when they were first out and >then later a 128K Mac, on which I understand he used them. The only >part of this I will have to look for is the Macintosh CD Setup 3.5 inch >floppy disk, but I think I can find it. I obviously donít need this, >and would be more than happy to sell or trade it for a fair deal. > >As I said at the first, I am not sure that this would be of any >assistance for what you want to do. I have no idea whether there is >any way a G5 can even recognize this unit even with a SCSI card, etc. >It probably cannot I suspect, >Don > >On Nov 7, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Lavode wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I was wondering if I could connect a 5 1/4" floppy drive to my G5 >> somehow so I can create disk images of my Commodore disks. I also >> have an old Celeron 433 if that would be easier, but prefer the Mac >> route. >> >> Any advice there? >> >> Thanks, >> Lavode -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
