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Trevor Rankin (v4jk@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca) wrote:
: >Macintosh and access to a Pentium 90, both networked, that I do graphics
: >work on. I need to find a way to get graphics from either of these to an
: >Amiga 2500 w/ Video Toaster that is not networked and, from what I can
: >tell, can't read mac or PC formatted disks. Are there any utilities for
: >the Mac or the PC that can let them read and write to Amiga formatted
: >disks? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you,

: The PC cannot read Amiga format and I don't believe the Mac can either.  
: All three machines, however, can read MSDOS formatted disks.  I'm not 
: sure how to do it on the Mac (is it included in the OS?) but with the 

MacOS 7.5 has a thing similar to CrossDOS. It's a system extension.
Lets the Mac read from/write to MS-DOS formats. Works fine for me
under shapeshifter. It'll even sniff the files on the disk, and
figure out what they are and put up the appropriate icons for them.


: Amiga, you should get CrossDos.  It is a commercial package but is 
: included with Workbench 2.1 and greater.  If you are not using Workbench 
: 2.1, let me tell you that it is definitely worth upgrading (or even to 
: 3.1).  

: I believe there is also a shareware program on Aminet that lets the Amiga 
: read/write PC disks.  I think it's called MessyDOS but I'm really not 
: familiar with it.  

: Of course, there is one minor inconvenience in using PC disks with the 
: Amiga; you can only use 720K MSDOS disks if your Amiga doesn't have a 
: high density floppy (ie: it is an 880K).

In this day and age, it would behoove any Amiga user who needs
data exchange with other systems to go buy a high density floppy drive.
I use the Dell drive (about $120 at dealers). No problems with it at
all. Tiny. quiet. inconspicuous. Doesn't embarass itself at parties :)

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