Re: [NTLK] Loading NTK on an iMac: Mac Newbie questions

From: Paul Zenk <pzenk_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri Apr 03 2009 - 21:20:36 EDT

On Apr 3, 2009, at 8:48 PM, Tony Kan wrote:
>
>
> 1.. Will it work with a USB 3.5" Disk Drive (it originally came
> with a IBM
> Thinkpad and works fine on Wintel machines)? Or does one need a
> special 3.5"
> drive. But I have some NCU disks in 3.5" format.
> 2.. Will it read/write to a standard USB flash drive? Do I have to
> reformat
> it to a native Mac OS format before it will work?
> Thanks in advance
>
> Cheers
>
> Tony
>
Tony:
1) A USB 3.5 drive should work. I have a VST USB floppy drive that
works..
2) I have a few old imacs also. USB drives will work if formated in
FAT format. I think this was incorporated in Mac OS 8.
Paul

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