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- The revolutionary MACEXCHANGER ShareWare program (TT approved!!)
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- Date: aug 25, 1990 (first revision)
- From: Hubert Nooijen
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- I've done it again! It is now possible to use Mac diskettes on the ST!
- With MACEXCHANGER, you can transfer your Spectre diskettes to a special 720KB
- Mac format which can be read or written by ANY Mac with a FDHD drive without
- any trouble! This is a high-density disk drive (also known as SuperDrive) which
- can read or write standard MS-DOS diskettes (using appropriate software), as
- well as the normal Mac (GCR) formats.
- It is also possible to transfer a 720K Mac disk to Spectre, thus you have
- virtually no need for special hardware to exchange disks with a Macintosh!
- As Apple delivers all current Macintoshes with a SuperDrive (except the
- obsolete Mac Plus, and probably the Mac SE), the future of special hardware
- for reading/writing GCR diskettes on the ST looks very dim...
-
- This program is distributed in a LIMITED version under a variant of the
- ShareWare system. It means, you may try it out for a while and copy it to
- anybody you like; but if you want to USE the program (for some purpose), you
- have to pay for it (like any other ShareWare program). By paying the ShareWare
- fee of Hfl. 50,- for the FULL version of MACEXCHANGER, you will receive the
- full version of the program and - as a registered user - you will be notified
- of any product updates.
- If the limited version of MACEXCHANGER is sufficient enough for you, you can
- also pay Hfl. 25,- (ShareWare fee for the LIMITED version). In that case, you
- will not receive the full version, but only become a registered user.
-
- NOTES:
- * The limited version of MACEXCHANGER can only convert Spectre to Mac, not
- the other way around. Nor gives it the possibility to format a 720K Mac
- disk (menu option F4), to be used on that computer (The Mac refuses to format
- a 720K - MFM - disk suitable for the ST...).
- * The current version of MACEXCHANGER supports only double sided HFS disks.
- * Because the Mac disk capacity is 80KB less than Spectre's, you can lose
- some information residing in the last 80K of a Spectre disk when converting
- a 800K Spectre disk to 720K Mac. The Mac 'sees' that the disk contains
- invalid data and wants to repair it ("This disk needs minor repairs").
- Don't worry; all it does is rewrite a new Desktop file.
- Also, MACEXCHANGER warns you about the disk's size (with the option to resume
- or cancel).
- To prevent such problems, I've included the option to format a 720KB Spectre
- disk (menu option F2). It is in all respects a normal Spectre disk, except
- that you can store 80KB less on it...
-
- To transfer a disk from Spectre to Mac, press function key F3; to transfer from
- Mac to Spectre, press F1. If MACEXCHANGER complains about the disk size, either
- the source disk is (or has been) a 800K one, or you have inserted the wrong
- disk (Spectre instead of Mac, or vice versa).
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- MACEXCHANGER is a copyrighted piece of software; you are granted to copy the
- program to anybody you wish, as long as the program and this document are kept
- together. MACEXCHANGER may not be sold commercially, or included in commercial
- products without written permission from the author.
- ShareWare payments can be made by sending Hfl 50,- (or Hfl. 25,- for the
- limited version) to PostGiro nr. 1884895 of mr. H. W. Nooijen, mentioning
- "MACEXCHANGER fee" or by sending a check or money order to the address listed
- below. For foreign customers, the fees are as follows:
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- FULL version LIMITED
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- Germany DM 75,- DM 37,50
- USA $ 40 $ 20
- Others $ 40 $ 20
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- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to write me! My address is:
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- Hubert Nooijen
- Diamantpad 18
- 2628 SC Delft
- The Netherlands
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- PostGiro Account nr. 1884895
- (PostBank)
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- Other Bugbasher products:
-
- STARTUP.PS - Make UltraScript print PostScript documents from the Mac.
- ALADCONV & SPECINT - Two programs in one package: ALADCONV for converting your
- old Aladin diskettes to Spectre, and SPECINIT for all your Spectre formatting
- needs.
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