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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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