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Article #15955Re: Read/Write discs in another format - answers
From: jpexg
Date: Wed, 20 May 1987 04:27
Date: Wed, 20 May 1987 04:27
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In article <791@luth.UUCP>, mikael@luth.UUCP (Mikael Eriksson) writes:
> Atari reads Mac *NO*:
> An Atari ST can't read MacIntosh discs because the
> mac varies the rotating speed depending on which track
> the reading head is on.
> There might be an solution in sight though:
> It is possible for the Mac to read/write Atari disks, as the hardware
> in the Mac is entirely software controlled.. I have seen a program that does
> just this.. I think that it was on Compuserve, but I am not sure. The Atari
> uses a very simple disk controller and a MUCH cheaper drive that is NOT multi
> speed, thus it is NOT POSSIBLE at all for the Atari to read/write mac disks.
> -> -Michael Culbert
> -> {Systems programmer: othello@tesla.ee.cornell.edu}
> Many thanks to you three and the others that answered my question.
> mikael (mikael@luth.UUCP) or ...mcvax!enea!luth!mikael
OK, if that's true, then one could tell a Mac "Use your smart software
controlled disk drive to put XXX files on a disk in THIS format". So it
would still be true that an ST couldn't read Mac disks, but a Mac could
be used to transfer data to the ST. Is that right?
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!mit-hermes!jpexg From: jpexg@mit-hermes.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Read/Write discs in another format - answers Message-ID: <2846@mit-hermes.AI.MIT.EDU> Date: Wed, 20-May-87 00:27:43 EDT Article-I.D.: mit-herm.2846 Posted: Wed May 20 00:27:43 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 21-May-87 05:17:50 EDT References: <791@luth.UUCP> Distribution: world Organization: MIT AI Lab, Cambridge, MA Lines: 21 Summary: Could a Mac write a constant-speed disk?