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Re: 800K mac Disks
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> > David_A._Vandenbroucke@hud.gov wrote:
> >
> > anyone tried installing new software in this environment? I would guess that
> > the master disks are 800K (right?), which means they have to be copied to high
> > density disks before E/DOS can find them. Will the software get upset when I
> > try to install it from a copy rather than the original diskettes?
> >
> Well... this is a old mail but i hope i can help
> You could try to use the 2M (v3.0) or the FDRead utils... (DOS)
> They can read/write 800K disks and i believe that they can read MAC
> 800K disks... but i don't now, i haven't got any 800K mac disks to try it
> out!
> Good luck with this... and by happy 8)
>
> Daniel Jorge de Castro Carneiro da Mota Leite
> DEQ102@crazy.fe.up.pt.
> PORTUGAL
> PORTO
> +++++++ FREEDOM TO EAST-TIMOR++++++++++++++
>
Unfortunately, this does not work. Mac disks use a format not able to be
read or written to by DOS drives. Many older drives and systems like
C64, Amiga, and Macs have this style of disk drive where the speed of the
rotation varies with the location on the disk, x86 machines however
do not. Central Point Software used to have a controller card that could
do this, but I'm not sure it is in existance anymore. Very few people
have a need for 800k disks anymore.
-- Charles Hunter
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