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Performa 5260 800k floppy
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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1809712" data-attributes="member: 175845"><p>@ Stanley</p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure that that Performa 5260 had Apple's "Super Drive" that could read and write to both the old single sided and the newer HD double sided floppy disks but it sounds like you don't have much choice but to try it and see.</p><p>BTW: The external third party USB drives cannot read the old single sided floppies.</p><p></p><p>These specs here aren't too clear for that Mac model:</p><p><a href="https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/specs/mac_performa_5260cd.html#macspecs2" target="_blank">https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/specs/mac_performa_5260cd.html#macspecs2</a></p><p><a href="https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_5260_100.html" target="_blank">https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_5260_100.html</a></p><p></p><p>PS: It's not just the file reading and recovery that's just part of the problem, you'll also need the applications and/or translators to open and save the files and their data.</p><p></p><p>I did just that a few years ago for a lady to rescue the stories her husband had written and saved to old Mac DOS and other old formatted floppys, but he had died, and it took me ages and different OS versions. But I eventually got them all saved!!!</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>PPS: you may be better off if you could locate someone who could do the rescue/translate for you and pay them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Patrick</p><p>======</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1809712, member: 175845"] @ Stanley I'm pretty sure that that Performa 5260 had Apple's "Super Drive" that could read and write to both the old single sided and the newer HD double sided floppy disks but it sounds like you don't have much choice but to try it and see. BTW: The external third party USB drives cannot read the old single sided floppies. These specs here aren't too clear for that Mac model: [url]https://everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/specs/mac_performa_5260cd.html#macspecs2[/url] [url]https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/specs/powermac_5260_100.html[/url] PS: It's not just the file reading and recovery that's just part of the problem, you'll also need the applications and/or translators to open and save the files and their data. I did just that a few years ago for a lady to rescue the stories her husband had written and saved to old Mac DOS and other old formatted floppys, but he had died, and it took me ages and different OS versions. But I eventually got them all saved!!! Good luck. PPS: you may be better off if you could locate someone who could do the rescue/translate for you and pay them. - Patrick ====== [/QUOTE]
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