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- >>>>> "Jon" == Jon Hall <jmah@isvr.soton.ac.uk> writes:
- In article <1B3B227651@dept1.isvr.soton.ac.uk> "Jon Hall" <jmah@isvr.soton.ac.uk> writes:
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- >> This fabled hardware device was called the "MatchPoint" adapter
- >> from MicroSolutions. They make the BackPack External CD-ROM and
- >> Tape Drives for IBM Compatibles.
- >>
- >> I don't think they make them anymore.
- >>
- >> I still have a Central Point Software "Deluxe Option Board"
- >> which does the same thing. But this is also no longer made.
- >>
- >> I think buying an old Mac Plus or SE and using a Mac to PC
- >> Transfer program is the only option left for people who want to
- >> read 800k Disks.
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- Jon> I've just thought of another possible way round this, though
- Jon> I don't know if it's any more practical.
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- Jon> A few years ago Apple (and one or two third-party outfits - I
- Jon> think Dayna was one of them but I can't remember) produced a
- Jon> SCSI version of the Superdrive, intended I believe for
- Jon> machines without the external floppy port. Since the drive
- Jon> should also have been able to read 800k disks, it seems at
- Jon> least possible that hooking one up to a PC with a SCSI
- Jon> controller might do the trick, and should work with Executor
- Jon> without any additional software support.
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- Jon> The catch, of course, is that Apple don't seem to make these
- Jon> any more (at least I can't find one on any current price
- Jon> lists I have) and I don't have one so I can't even test the
- Jon> theory. Does anyone else have any ideas for getting hold of
- Jon> one?
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- I don't think there are enough of these in existence to merit our
- support of them through Executor. It turns out that for a while there
- was such a product for NeXT users and under NEXTSTEP we even support
- the 800k mode. I think it was called the "DIT Cube Floppy Plus" or
- something. We have one, but Mat is using it at home so I can't read
- the name off the case.
-
- Sorry folks.
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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