How do I get my MacBook Air w OS X Yosemite to read 2.5" floppy disks from my 512?

Legacy people help!!!! I have a Mac Book Air with OS X Yosemite and an external floppy disc drive but I can't get the MacBook to read any of my old disks--not even the program disks! How do I get it to read these disks (They were originated on a Mac 512 MANY years ago.) Trying to get my new computer to read my old disks very important data in Word 3.0 (Have original program disk)

You mean 3.5" floppy disks.
The problem is that the floppy drive in a Macintosh 512K was for 400K disks (a special Macintosh format).
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP187
A Macintosh 512Ke could use 800K.
http://support.apple.com/kb/sp188
An external USB floppy drive is not capable of handling 400K, nor 800K. There are also software limitations with modern computers.
Do you still have the Macintosh 512K? Do you have access to another Macintosh computer with a built-in floppy drive (if yes, please post back with the model and operating system)?
Jan

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