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Re: mac 512k



In your message (Tue, 16 May 1995 09:15:10 -0400), you wrote:
>
>It would be great if someone (other than our overworked friends at ARDI) would
> cook up a program to transfer 800k Floppies from a Mac (through a Null modem
>cable) to a DOS/LINUX/NEXTSTEP .HFV file. Hint.. Hint...

This is impossible.  The 800k macs used a variable speed drive; it's 
a hardware problem not a software problem.  A PC (or modern mac) 
drive simpley cannot read the variable speed format.

Tim.



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