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- From: flatlinr@info.polymtl.ca (Miguel Pedro (Hiv 91))
- Subject: Re: Mac <--> cbm
- In-Reply-To: cdminter@icaen.uiowa.edu's message of Fri, 14 Aug 1992 02:24:42 GMT
- Message-ID: <FLATLINR.92Aug15154201@watson.info.polymtl.ca>
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- Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
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- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 20:42:01 GMT
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- In article <cdminter.713759082@icaen.uiowa.edu> cdminter@icaen.uiowa.edu (Corey D Minter) writes:
-
- I know that the there is a program converting from ms-dos
- to cbm (i uploaded it to a site a while ago) but is there
- any reason that the 1581 couldn't convert from Mac to cbm
- or is there some kind of limitation of the 1581?
-
- I've heard that Apple disk drives use variable RPMs from one track of
- another, unlike CBM drives (always 300 RPMs). Don't know if it's true
- though...
-
- There was a program a few years ago that supposedly could access Amiga,
- IBM, Apple and CP/M disks on a C128. I don't know if you needed a 1571 or
- a 1581. There was an add for this product in Compute's buyer's guide
- (1989) but it only mentions CP/M and MS-DOS formats. However, a friend of
- mine has seen an add where they mentionned Amiga and Apple formats too.
-
- You may want to contact the company to find out these facts. Here's the
- info I have (from the magazine):
-
- Format Executive 3.0 (this one doesn't mention Amiga nor Apple formats)
-
- from
-
- Powersoft
- P.O. Box 7333
- Bradenton, FL 34210
-
-
- If their claims are true, I don't understand why their product didn't
- become popular (like Big Blue Reader)...
-
- Let us know if you find out anything... I'm interested.
-
- Pedro
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- Miguel Pedro
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