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- From: adhir@cygnus.umd.edu (Alok Dhir)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
- Subject: Re: Shareware wish list -or- does it exist?
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- Date: 18 Aug 92 23:42:41 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug18.204039.17362@ncsu.edu> linville@garfield.catt.ncsu.edu (John W. Linville) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug18.165219.11745@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- >>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.
- >
- >Actually, I already had this idea. Anyone know how to get specs on writing
- >IFSes? Or how to program the CopyIIPC Option Board?
- >
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- There is no reason why you would need to use the Copy II PC Option board
- in order to be able to use high density Mac disks. The 800 and 400K
- formats would need it, sure, but the HD Mac disks should be readable
- by any standard HD drive as long as you tell it what to look for.
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- I thought I saw a program a while back that lets PC (hd) drives copy
- files to and from a HD Mac disk...anyone know anything about this?
-
- Back to the original idea, though... Someone should definitely be able
- to write an IFS that would allow OS/2 to mount Mac diskettes. Great
- idea! Any takers?
-
- Al Dhir
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