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Article #11404Re: Can Mac read Amiga floppies?
From: Darc Tangent
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 1990 00:11
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 1990 00:11
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In article <23158@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, bdest@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Benoit Desjardins) writes:
> does anybody know if there is a way to read Amiga floppy format on a Mac
> FDHD drive? Is there a PD soft that can do that? It it physically
> possible? Please mail your reply to: benoit@speedy.cs.pitt.edu
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I have not heard of any software that allows the FDHD to read Amiga
floppies, but it should be physically possible. The Amiga uses IBM type drives
and can read and write IBM format 720K 3.5" disks (Amiga floppies are 880K
so are slightly different, but the basic drive is the same).
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!jwwalden From: jwwalden@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Darc Tangent) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Can Mac read Amiga floppies? Message-ID: <1196.26125dfe@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 30 Mar 90 00:11:58 GMT References: <23158@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Distribution: all Lines: 22