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Article #850Re: Mac format disk reading/writing on the amiga
From: Richard A. Champeaux
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1989 15:09
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 1989 15:09
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In article <13039@well.UUCP> farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) writes: >glenn@extro.ucc.su.oz (G. Geers [ext 3241]) writes: >> >>Does anyone know if it is possible to read/write Macintosh format disks >>on the amiga without purchasing a different disk drive ? > >No. The Mac uses a scheme, halfway between CLV and CAV, involving >changing the disk drive rotation speed in three bands on the disk. > >-- >Mike Farren farren@well.sf.ca.usa Why do they do that? It doesn't seem to let them pack any more onto the disk since they only get 800k where the amiga gets 880k. Rich Champeaux (rachamp@mbunix.mitre.org) * the following are extra useless line to force rn to accept my response. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***************************************************************************
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!orion.cf.uci.edu!uci-ics!zardoz!tgate!ka3ovk!drilex!axiom!linus!mbunix!rachamp From: rachamp@mbunix.mitre.org (Richard A. Champeaux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Mac format disk reading/writing on the amiga Message-ID: <62830@linus.UUCP> Date: 7 Aug 89 15:09:34 GMT References: <508@extro.ucc.su.oz> <13039@well.UUCP> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: rachamp@mbunix (Champeaux) Organization: The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, Mass. Lines: 29