How to read some old 5.25" floppies.

Now I have been a die hard Mac user for a long time but way back when in the late '80 I had a PC that used 5.25" floppies. I would love to get a look at some of the stuff have on those floppies (assuming they still read). Does anyone know how I might do this? I have a 3.5" USB floppy drive that I can read PC disks on my Mac but I highly doubt anyone makes a 5.25" drive these days. I have a SCSI card still, might there be a 5.25" SCSI drive? I could also scroung up an old PC, figure out how to network it to my Mac, copy the files, etc. A Mac-only solution would be so much cooler.
Thanks in advance,
Jim Rider

Take a look at the label on the card in the LC II. The 5.25 drive was built to go with a Mac II. Since the LC series was really a way to milk that Mac II motherboard to the limit by selling it to the education market, it would not be surprising to see the 5.25 DOS drive work with that model. The key thing to remember is that the drive and the card are inseperable, if memory serves me correctly.
I will try and chase down the details. Meanwhile, take note of the warning at this site:
http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/drives.html
Never connect an Apple II 5.25" drive to a Macintosh 19 pin floppy port."
Also, take a look at this drive:
Apple PC 5.25" Drive (A9M0110)
Apple's first IBM PC compatability product was a 360K floppy drive. It was designed for use with either a NuBus controller card or an SE PDS controller card. It will also work with early AST or Orange PC processor cards.
According to Apple, the drive and controller cards are not compatible with Macs with FDHD ROMs.
The compatability chart at the bottom of the page does say;
"Mac SE, Mac II
PC drive card
Apple PC 5.25"
Ji˜m

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