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Re: 800k disks possible at all?
rmyers@teleport.com (Ryan Myers) wrote:
> I've read the other replies, and variable speed might work, but who
>knows. The reason Executor can't read 800K's is because when PC's only could
>cram 720K on a disk, they decided to physically write more tracks on the
>inside of the disk. So, pretty much nothing but another Mac can read it, I
>think.
Actually, a PC with a standard drive and controller _can_ cram 800K on
a "720K" disk; there's an old shareware program called MAXI Form which
will do this.
As for non-Macs that can read Mac 800K disks, the ones I know of are
Apple II's with 3.5" drives, Amigas, and PC's with an old Central
Point Copy II PC Option Board or some other hardware solution.
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