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Re: Using MAC low-density disks.
>>>>> "Cliff" == Clifford T Matthews <ctm@ardi.com> writes:
>>>>> "Jesse" == g sightler <g.sightler@genie.geis.com> writes:
Jesse> In fact, the early MAC emulators for the Amiga did this rather
Jesse> well (of course, they had to shut off multitasking to do it :).
Actually, it was the later mac emulators which did it... it took a
while for it to happen.
Cliff> Even then I'm not sure that the PC has the same sort of
Cliff> control over the floppy disk that the Amigas did.
I'm not sure either... as far as I know, it is impossible for the vast
majority of PC drives to read Amiga disks. (And as an owner of both,
I have a vested interest in that! If I'm wrong, PLEASE correct me!)
If I understand correctly, it's hinges on some capability that most
manufacturers didn't include to reduce prices.
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