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- From: cs89jmb@brunel.ac.uk (Aeon Flux)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: MultiFs & Apple Macs
- Message-ID: <BxLMH7.F4@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 10:29:30 GMT
- References: <1992Nov11.132815.5482@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
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- Tom Hughes (thughes@dcs.warwick.ac.uk) wrote:
- : In article <1992Nov11.122413.26831@lut.ac.uk> S.J.Schofield1@lut.ac.uk (Steve) writes:
- : >I remember reading somewhere, along time ago, in a galaxy far, far away about
- : >a version on MultiFS that would be able to read / write apple mac disks (As in
- : >disks from the apple mac).
- :
- : If you look in the Acorn product directory (as distributed at the BAU
- : show), the entry for Arxe systems (who sell MultiFS) includes a
- : product called MacFS, but gives no other info other than "phone for
- : details".
- :
- : >It would be a good thing if this happend as I would find it quite useful.
- :
- : Me too. I don't expect anyone to try and find a way round the problems
- : of low density Mac disks, but just having high density would be fine.
-
- As I understand it, "low" density Mac discs spin at different rates according
- to where the head is in relation to the disc.
-
- Thus making it bloody difficult to read these discs on other machines without
- similar hardware.
-
-
- Jayce.
-
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