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to: Jasen Betts
from: Viktor Pilpenok
date: 2003-12-13 11:52:58
subject: Re: Knoppix

Hello Jasen.

12 Dec 03 16:19, you wrote to Pascal Schmidt:

 JB> I wonder If there's a way to interface a macintosh floppy drive (they
 JB> have a motorised eject meechnism)  Hmmm, I could stick a mac floppy
 JB> controller (if they are available separate) on an ISA card and compile
 JB> in the apropriate hardware drivers but if I could use a funky cable to
 JB> hook it to a regular floppy controller it'd be better.

And use MAC floppies? AFAIK MAC FDs were not rally compatable to PC FDs ...

By the way, soe time ago i saw an ATAPI flopy drive (connecting to the IDE
controller) which had a motorised eject, you could look in that direction
too.

Viktor

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