Many (but not all) older Macs with floppy drives, can read and write PC/Windows diskettes. And there were floppy drives before either the Apple Mac or 'Apple' and 'Windows' have veryĭifferent hardware and software 'standards'. Misleading, especially when comparing Apple Macintosh products Which could be used in a modern Windows PC? Question: Can I hook a Mac drive to my Windows computer to read Mac disks? What is the interface for the Mac 'high density' 1.4M 3.5' floppy drives? Are they a standard interface This document was last updated April 14 2022.

I have a specific Web page about non-standard floppy controllers for old or recent Windows/Linux PC's, to read non-MS-DOS diskettes. I sell and describe Apple Macintosh floppy drives on the linked Web page.

Also, I cover floppy disk drive technology on my Tech information on floppy disks drives and media. Go there to read specific answers to specific questions with brief commentary. This is a question about Apple Macs which I also cover in my

How can I read old Mac diskettes on my modern Windows (Linux) PC? or on an old Mac? Or can I 'connect' Apple floppy drives to my Windows computer to read Mac diskettes?' Windows vs Macintosh - floppy drives and diskettes

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