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- From: chaz@iglou.com (Chaz Eves)
- Subject: Re: MAC emulator troubles
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- Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 01:47:38 GMT
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- Tried ShapeShifter yet. $40.
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- A2000-a2630-dkb2632-13megsRAM-Opal-CD-Nec3d-DSS8+-MIDI-Dell-SS3.3
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- King Henry V (krafsur@iastate.edu) wrote:
- : In <4f7j9b$t2n@tbd120.tbd.ford.com> Chris \"Big-Kahuna\" Rampson <crampson@ford.com> writes:
- : Just get a amiga high density floppy drive....
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- : >I have tried and tried to get a Mac emulator working, but the problem I have is
- : >always the same - how to get the Mac software loaded on the Amiga?
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- : >I have a Mac-2-Dos with a Mac 800K drive - doesn't work. The drive works fine
- : >on my parent's MAC.
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- : >I then purchased an AMAX II. I can get it to boot up (on an amiga/Mac floppy
- : >hybrid), but it says the disk in the MAC floppy is unrecognized and do I want
- : >to format it. Any answer leads to a freeze up and subsequent reboot.
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- : >I then purchased an AMAX IV. It doesn't use a MAC drive, it uses the internal
- : >Amiga drive. It uses a program to copy a MAC floppy into a file for use by the
- : >AMAX hardware, but alas - no MAC floppy is recognized and I get a "Not a HFS
- : >disk" or something to that effect. I am using an A2000/MegaMidgetRacer 25Mhz
- : >2.5Mb/GVP SII SCSI w/8Mb 16-bit mem. The internal drive is DD NOT HD. I am by
- : >no means a newbie at computers, but this one has me stumped! Please help and
- : >respond via e-mail. TIA.
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- : >--
- : >Owner and wielder of Occam's razor! (Committed to regula philosophandi)
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- : > _/_/_/ _/ _/ Chris "Big Kahuna" Rampson M.S.
- : > _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/_/ crampson@ford.com
- : > _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/ NO cutdowns, flames or insults
- : >_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ NO such thing as a stupid question!
- : > _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ "NOT an OFFICIAL FORD spokesperson"
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- : --
- : Ed Krafsur
- : krafsur@iastate.edu
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