First: Is the floppy drive in a SE 1/20 capable of read/write 1,44 MB disks?
Second: What software do I need in order it can read/write ms-dos disks?

Third: What does the «Verifying format.......wrong format» when trying to initialize 1,44 MB disks? Is the SE 1/20 floppy drive **REALLY** capable of 1,44 MB disks? (Note: the disks I tried to format in the mac were ok, previously tested in a Windows XP machine with no hassle).

Thanks a lot for a quick response. Regards.

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First: Does the front of the machine say "Macintosh SE" or "Macintosh SE FDHD"? If it's just SE, then no. If it's SE FDHD, then yes.

FIGURE 1: Macintosh SE

FIGURE 2: Macintosh SE FDHD

Second: As was stated above, it's called PC Exchange. Only the 1.44 floppy drives can read/write PC disks.

Third: Hmmmm, never seen that. Hopefully someone else knows a bit more.

As for the thread title; they're not the same as the Classic. While the SE does run the same 8MHz 68000, it has a larger logic board, more sane memory expansion, and an internal expansion slot. Plus, it looks nicer IMHO

Enjoy your SE! They're great little machines.