| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
Is there any software around that will write a macintosh readable
diskette? I want to write an ascii file/files to my 3 1/2" second drive
and then put that diskette into a mac and read it.
Thanks,
Bob
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| 2460.1 | LEDS::ACCIARDI | Wed Apr 12 1989 01:53 | 12 | ||
Central Coast Software has been advertising Mac-2-Dos, a combination
Macintosh floppy and custom interface that allows the Amiga to read and
write directly to Mac disks. A custom driver is included that allows
the Mac to read/write standard Amiga disks.
Central Coast Software
424 Vista Avenue
Golden, Colorado 80401
(303) 526-1030
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| 2460.2 | Some hardware required | TLE::RMEYERS | Randy Meyers | Fri Apr 14 1989 13:26 | 6 |
Re: .0 In case you are wondering, the reason why Central Cost sells a software and hardware package to read and write Mac diskettes is that Macs use strange floppy drives that spin at different speeds when writing different cylinders. | |||||
| 2460.3 | LEDS::ACCIARDI | Fri Apr 14 1989 15:18 | 12 | ||
Yeah, Apple has been using (for years) a WOZ wonder chip in all their
floppies, from the Apple II to the Mac line. However, in a stroke of
innovation, the new drives in the SE/30 and IIx/IIcx have a NEW wonder
controller that allows the drive to directly read and write Mac
400/800K, and MS-Dos 720/1440K floppies.
I'd love to see the Amiga have an upgraded drive with these
capabilities, but I understand that it would require an extensive
hardware redesign in the Paula area.
Ed.
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