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Re: Using MAC low-density disks.



>>>>> "Jesse" == g sightler <g.sightler@genie.geis.com> writes:

    Jesse> Actually, it would be possible to do this without the MAC
    Jesse> floppy drive, if someone was willing to put the many hours
    Jesse> necessary into it.  <g> Seriously, it is VERY timing
    Jesse> sensitive (which rules out the possibility of running it
    Jesse> under any mulitasking OS), but it can be done with the
    Jesse> right amound of hacking/patience.
 
    Jesse> In fact, the early MAC emulators for the Amiga did this
    Jesse> rather well (of course, they had to shut off multitasking
    Jesse> to do it :).

Well it certainly won't happen between now and when 2.0 comes out.
Even then I'm not sure that the PC has the same sort of control over
the floppy disk that the Amigas did.  After 2.0 comes out we'd
probably be willing to pay some $$ to get this functionality, but I'd
also guess that just a simple program to read 800k Mac disks on a PC
would also generate some revenue, which then begs the question "if
it's doable, why hasn't someone done it?"  Specifically, why hasn't
someone written a program for the PC which reads an 800k formatted
floppy (writing is much less important).

	--Cliff
	ctm@ardi.com



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