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- From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Is Falcon worth buying?
- Keywords: Up to you
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.082642.11474@cs.hw.ac.uk>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 08:26:42 GMT
- References: <2523@ulysse.enst.fr>
- Sender: news@cs.hw.ac.uk (News Administrator)
- Organization: Dept of Computing & Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
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- In article <2523@ulysse.enst.fr> elendir@helios.enst.fr writes
- regarding the Falcon:
- >-> It'll run Spectre GCR I'm sure even if David Small has to hammer it into
- >-> it so there's no problem with a software shortage...
- >
- > I guess it will. With the new 1.44 Mb drive, you have no need for GCR,
- >you can read MAC HD disks directly.
-
- This maybe true or it maybe a rumour based around the fact that Macs with
- HD disk drives can r/w DOS disks with suitable software. As far as I'm
- aware, Atari's Ajax FDC is just a 1772 that can be clocked higher. Is there
- anyone able to confirm or deny this?
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