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- From: aperrin1@cc.swarthmore.edu (Andrew Perrin)
- Subject: Re: Help reading Mac Disk
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- References: <1992Sep11.005612.2072@alw.nih.gov> <Michel.Davidoff.51.0@sonoma.edu> <1992Sep11.182416.7034@draco.macsch.com> <BuJpvA.6xs@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
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- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 21:01:11 GMT
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- In article <BuJpvA.6xs@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>,
- ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
- >
- > In article <1992Sep11.182416.7034@draco.macsch.com> bnc@portia.si.macsch.com (Brian Casey) writes:
- > >Apple just started marketing a package called PC Exchange that lets Mac's
- > >use DOS diskette just like MacOS diskettes. If you insert a DOS diskette
- > >into the Mac, the DOS directories become folders, and you can drag files
- > >to and from the diskette, just like it's a Mac disk. There have also been
- > >variations on this theme from other companies - I know my local Egghead
- > >sells a couple of them. The Apple package is $69 from MacConnection.
- >
- > Theres been something called Access PC out for a couple years
- > now that does the same thing.
-
- There's also a PC-based program called Mac-In-Dos that tries to do it on a
- PC with a 1.44Mb drive. I'd characterize its performance as
- fair-to-middlin', but it does work.
-
- --Andy
- Perrin
-