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From: Ruud Dingemans
Date: Sat, 23 Mar 1996 22:48

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In a message of 21 Mar 96 Joseph Crowe wrote to All:

 >> when I bring the disk over to the Amiga, the Amiga can't read it. It there
 >> a solution? Thanks.

 JC>    Which MacOS version and AmigaOS version do you run?  I ask because
 JC> with MacOS system 7.5, I believe, began shipping with PC Exchange which
 JC> allows the Mac to write PC formatted floppies.  With AmigaOS 2.1, the

No, this was with MacOS 7.1. The program was called "Apple File
Exchange" - PC FE was it's successor, more or less.

Shapeshifter also formats its DD floppies in a format that a
Mac (with Superdrive, on anything past a Mac Plus) can read and
write directly. These floppies can also be read on the Workbench
using Nico Salmoria's AmiCDFS.

Regards, Ruud

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