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proXy Starting Member Australia 3 Posts	Posted - 22 Jun 2002 : 08:18:22 As cool as this is (built in framebuffer for console etc. etc.) the floppy driver is non existant. What do people know about how the floppy drives on macs work. Assumedly it's nothing like on a PC or someone would have written a driver by now. Perhaps it's time to relearn C and do some kernel hacking. --proXy
oldmacman Full Member USA 713 Posts	Posted - 22 Jun 2002 : 09:55:20 The Mac uses a proprietary SWIM (Super Woz Integrated Machine) floppy controller, the successor to the earlier WIM (Woz Integrated Machine) that only supported 800K floppies. See the following addresses for more information: http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/tech68k/quadra.html http://www.linuxhq.com/kernel/v2.2/patch/patch-2.2.18/linux_drivers_block_swim_iop.c.html http://devworld.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-68K_Desktop/ Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert OpenStep Page at http://openstep.topcities.com/ Macs Liberated: SE, IIsi, Quadra 700, 6100, PB 5300, PowerMac 5400 PCs liberated from Windoze: 3

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