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Article #2257Re: Read a 800K Macintosh disk on a pc
From: Andrew R Cook
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 1990 18:43
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 1990 18:43
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In article <1990Sep17.160625@crazy.inria.fr>, lebastar@crazy.inria.fr (Franck Lebastard) writes: |> |> Does any one know how to read a 800K Macintosh disk on a PC (3,5") to get ascii |> files? |> Thanks in advance. |> |> |> +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |> | Franck Lebastard | e-mail: Franck.Lebastard@crazy.inria.fr | |> | INRIA Sophia-Antipolis | phone: +33 93 65 77 42 | |> | 2004, Route des Lucioles | fax: +33 93 65 77 66 | |> | BP 109 | telex: INRIASA 970 050 F | |> | F-06561 Valbonne Cedex, France | | |> +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I could be wrong, but the drive controllers are enough different that you need some more hardware. Try the Copyiipc option board deluxe from Central Point Software. It will do what you want for about $70. It also comes with software to convert some programs' file formats. I've never tried to do this with the board, but it is supposed to work. _Andy Cook_
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!acook From: acook@athena.mit.edu (Andrew R Cook) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Read a 800K Macintosh disk on a pc Message-ID: <1990Sep17.184304.9099@athena.mit.edu> Date: 17 Sep 90 18:43:04 GMT References: <1990Sep17.160625@crazy.inria.fr> Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Reply-To: acook@athena.mit.edu (Andrew R Cook) Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 23