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- From: stidolph@leland.Stanford.EDU (Wayne Stidolph)
- Subject: Re: Shareware wish list -or- does it exist?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.173739.22281@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <66240@hydra.gatech.EDU> <1992Aug18.165219.11745@njitgw.njit.edu>
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 17:37:39 GMT
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- dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >vapspgd@prism.gatech.EDU (Edward Hefter) writes:
- [about using Central Point Copy II PC Option board to read Mac disks]
- >> If the Mac can read and write IBM disks, I should be able to read and
- >>write their disks, dammit!!!
- >
- >If there are any enterprising developers out there, it seems that this
- >could best be done by writing a Mac-format .IFS driver. This way, Mac
- >disks would be recognized as any other foreign file-system - OS/2 and
- >WPS using it seamlessly (like they do to HPFS) and DOS being able to
- >see 8.3 files.
-
- Might have to talk to Central Point in *some* detail - the Mac uses
- variable-speed drives, while the PC uses fixed-speed ...I suppose the
- Option board diddles the seperator circuitry or some such, but it
- seems certain (to me) that such an IFS will depend on unusual hardware
- support.
-
- Wayne
- --
- Wayne stidolph@gtewd.mtv.gsc.gte.com or stidolph@leland.stanford.edu
- What I say is from me only. I try to be accurate, but I make mistakes: sorry.
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