Article View: comp.sys.mac
Article #23203Re: Converting between Mac and MS-DOS
From: Hank Shiffman
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1987 22:05
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1987 22:05
13 lines
1278 bytes
1278 bytes
In article <283@dbase.UUCP> drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) writes: >One of the things you'll find when and if you come across documentation for >Apple File Exchange is that the MS-DOS translation requires one of the >5.25 inch drive options. The fact that it doesn't work with the 3.5" drives >has something to do with different recording techniques between the Apple and >DOS worlds (I was told this, don't know it firsthand). I hope this helps. Recalling something which was published a few months ago, Apple was planning a ROM upgrade which would permit the Mac to understand the disk format used on PCs. This would allow a 3.5" MS-DOS diskette to be read using a standard Mac drive. I believe the intention was to have the upgrade available some time in the early part of 1988. Anyone else remember this?
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<19893@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!teknowledge-vaxc!hshiffmaReferences:
<446@sdics.ucsd.EDU> <283@dbase.UUCP>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!teknowledge-vaxc!hshiffma From: hshiffma@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Hank Shiffman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Converting between Mac and MS-DOS Message-ID: <19893@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> Date: 29 Dec 87 22:05:41 GMT References: <446@sdics.ucsd.EDU> <283@dbase.UUCP> Reply-To: hshiffma@teknowledge-vaxc.UUCP (Hank Shiffman) Organization: Teknowledge Inc., Thousand Oaks CA Lines: 12